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Outstanding!
By Porchlight
I quickly realized the exclamation point in the title of Outstanding! is not coincidental. Author John G.
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Blog / News & Opinion
The 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards of 2009
By Porchlight
The 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—And Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking Books, 624 pages, $32. 95 Even though Too Big to Fail was written during the same year the financial collapse occurred, Andrew Ross Sorkin has written what we predict will be the definitive book on the subject. Sorkin not only tells a gripping “perfect storm” story—reporting the gory details as our 401k’s disappeared and our financial system became nationalized—but he humanizes the players as well, resulting in an imminently readable, albeit lengthy, book.
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8cr Global: Angels Abroad
By Porchlight
8cr Global is a series of guest posts from around the world, discussing ideas about business from a variety of perspectives. More info about each author is located at the end of each post, and you can recognize each 8cr Global entry by the title and logo at the top of each post. Today's entry is by Adam Daniel Mezei.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Inc. Magazine's Best Books for Business Owners
By Porchlight
Jack was asked—along with author and editor-at-large Bo Burlingham, Inc. 's Leigh Buchanan, columnist Joel Spolsky, and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh—to recommend books for Inc. Magazine's list of The Best Books for Business Owners of 2009.
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What Matters Now? An eBook Conceived by Seth Godin
By Porchlight
"How did he get all of these people? " I ask. Jack's reply is simple, "He's Seth.
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Wisdom
By Porchlight
"Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Customer Service is always the bottom line
By Sally Haldorson
Today, I was running a few minutes late on my way to work so instead of walking into one of my neighborhood's local coffee houses, I entered the Starbucks' drive-thru lane. And sat there. Drummed my fingers on my steering wheel.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - The Checklist Manifesto
By Porchlight
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande, Metropolitan Books, 224 Pages, $24. 50, Hardcover, January 2010, ISBN 9780805091748 Atul Gawande is the Malcolm Gladwell of medical and ethical writing, with one big difference: Gawande is not just a cultural observer who tells great stories; instead he is a practicing surgeon and professor at Harvard Medical School and, as a true insider who happens to be a very talented writer for The New Yorker, his work is precise and detailed while also elegant and arresting. The Checklist Manifesto is the author’s third book and he continues along the same theme of his previous works by revealing flaws in medical care and pondering larger ethical dilemmas that can contribute to the loss of life.
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Jack Covert Selects - Drive
By Porchlight
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead Books, 256 Pages, $26. 95, Hardcover, January 2010, ISBN 9781594488849 When companies buckle down and tighten their belts during rough economic times, there is usually a meeting of the higher-ups to discuss how to get more out of employees.
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Jack Covert Selects - Chief Culture Officer
By Porchlight
Chief Culture Officer: How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation by Grant McCracken, Basic Books, 262 pages, $26. 95, Hardcover, December 2009, ISBN 9780465018321 I recently stumbled upon one of those rare books that made me snap to attention. It came to us as a nondescript advance copy from a publisher not known as a heavy-hitter in the business book world, and was authored by an anthropologist.
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