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Blog / Staff Picks
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
Book Review by Porchlight
From the mesmerizing illustrations to the heartfelt writing, Thi Bui has created a hard to put down treasure.
Categories: staff-picks, narrative-biography, fiction
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Blog / Excerpts
Kingdom of Lies: Unnerving Adventures in the World of Cybercrime
By Porchlight
In the tradition of Michael Lewis and Tom Wolfe, a fascinating and frightening behind-the-scenes look at the interconnected cultures of hackers, security specialists, and law enforcement.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Amazing Decisions: The Illustrated Guide to Improving Business Deals and Family Meals
By Porchlight
A playful graphic novel guide to better decision-making, based on Dan Ariely’s groundbreaking research in behavioral economics, neuroscience, and psychology.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / ChangeThis
Mastering the Basics: Simple Lessons for Achieving Success in Business
By Porchlight
"In every industry, we all face hurdles and obstacles as well as opportunities and potential for success. I found myself referring back to what I had learned through the years and stating again, this time to a new audience, the importance of mastering the basics."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Having Said That: Business Clichés to Avoid Like the Plague
By Robert Spector
“Caught between a rock and a hard place, listening to your CEO’s dry-as-dust dogand- pony show, you resist checking your phone because you’re a team player in a well-oiled machine. But left to your own devices, your attention turns to Minecraft or Instagram when the boss declares, ‘We’re raising the bar and pushing the envelope.’ It’s time for a paradigm shift; perhaps a sea change. Clichés, it goes without saying, are integral to daily discourse. Familiarity with their meanings puts us all on the same page in order to get the ball rolling toward a win-win situation. (But, of course, only time will tell.)”
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
It Is Your Right To Be Heard: Why Women's Voices Get Silenced and How to Set Them Free
By Veronica Rueckert
"The voice is an amazing gift, both a privilege and a responsibility. Using it takes courage, especially if you're a woman. We're given only a finite amount of time to figure out what it's for, to grow into ourselves enough that we can speak up when the time comes. Yet a woman's right to speak in public is a right that hasn't been fully granted."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
How to Reverse the Dismal Failure Rate of Digital Transformations
By Tony Saldanha
"Most digital transformations fail for two reasons: 1) their transformation strategy lacks clarity and 2) they don't choose the right processes for disciplined execution. In short, they fail at the where of digital transformation and the how. The roots of the first part of the problem—the where—lie in the hyped-up, fuzzy interpretations of the term 'digital transformation. ' Every new IT tool, from new communications software to the next release of an SAP upgrade, is called digital transformation. Technology providers use "herd marketing" techniques to move executives to urgent action. Strong board members, CEOs and executives understandably jump at the opportunity to lead change. This necessary and decisive push by them ironically leads to a 'Ready-Fire-Fire' approach instead of 'Ready-Aim-Fire. ' The roots of the second part of the problem—the how—lie in fundamental misunderstandings of the appropriate methodology. Typically, IT projects rely on process improvement methodologies.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Nincompoopery: How to Find and Kill the Corporate Stupidity That Drives Customers Crazy
By Porchlight
"Why should our customers have to rekey their data multiple times to make a single purchase? Why are there four levels of approval just to order basic supplies? Why can't we get qualified candidates for open positions, or provide new employees with decent training? In short: How did we become such nincompoops? And when will we stop?"
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Redesigning Business for a Democratic Economy
By Marjorie Kelly
"We find ourselves in a moment of breakdown—but also a moment of unprecedented opportunity. Even as widespread faith in the workings of our economy is falling apart, unsung innovations are quietly arising. Entrepreneurs, business executives, investors, and community leaders are choosing to 'get in front of this problem,' showing how we can move beyond an economy that serves the few to one that serves the many."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects
By Porchlight
An enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we—and the planet we inhabit—could not survive without them.
Categories: giveaways