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Blog / News & Opinion
Don't know much about history
By Sally Haldorson
I catch most of my news in quick bursts via NPR while driving around town. Twice last week, I found myself listening an interview with Corby Kummer, who recently wrote an article for The Atlantic about Wal-Mart's new focus on selling local foods in its food markets. As usual, Wal-Mart sees a market rich with possibility and it is about to jump in--and probably change said market entirely.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Publishers as Brands
By Porchlight
In a conversation with Marshall Goldsmith, while he was in town for our LeaveSmarter event, the question posed itself, "Do business readers follow publishers? Do they buy books based on who published them? " Being inside the industry, it would seem logical to assume, "yes, they do," but perhaps only because we do.
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Blog / News & Opinion
International Best Sellers for March
By Porchlight
I knew you all were waiting for this post! You are sitting at home or at office ready for the long weekend ahead and thinking to yourself. .
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Blog / News & Opinion
PechaKucha in Milwaukee
By Porchlight
800-CEO-READ presents. . .
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Blog / News & Opinion
Marshall Goldsmith's MOJO
By Porchlight
Marshall Goldsmith brought his MOJO to Milwaukee today for our LeaveSmarter series, and I think he really woke the audience up in a way most business speakers just don't. Our sponsors for these events always send us a list of attendees with seating arrangements ahead of time. The first thing Marshall did was rearrange that preordained seating, having everybody get up and sit next to somebody they didn't know.
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Blog / Staff Picks
Business in Fiction - The Unincorporated Man
Book Review by Sally Haldorson
Incorporated? 300 years in the future, companies and businesses run everything on a ‘more personal level. ’ Every single person alive is their own 'corporation'.
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Business in Fiction: Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett
Book Review by Sally Haldorson
Union Atlantic shows that the subject of business is not exclusive of a good story. A review by Shawn Quinn Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett, Nan A. Talese, 320 pages, $26.
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The Illustration of Rework
Book Review by Porchlight
Rework is a beautifully conceived and designed book, certainly among this year's best. Springing from the big brains of the people at 37signals, the ideas and insights provided are well-written, short and actionable, and they're smartly split up with illustrations by Milwaukeean Mike Rohde. The text alone is probably worthy of an award, but enlisting Rohde to add what he calls skecthnotes puts it in an artistic class business books rarely enter.
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Blog / News & Opinion
How Content is Changing Culture
By Porchlight
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Business in Fiction: The Privileges by Jonathan Dee
Book Review by Sally Haldorson
If biographies or non-fiction management guides litter your day-to-day life, this is what you take to the beach. A review by Todd Lazarski The Privileges by Jonathan Dee, Random House, 272 pages, $25. 00, Hardcover, January 2010, ISBN 9781400068678 30-plus rapid-fire pages, opening with the line, "A WEDDING!
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