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Show Chaos Who's Boss
By Porchlight
Last month, Jeremy Gutsche's exciting book, Exploiting Chaos launched. I had a chance to pick it up after reading the Jack Covert Selects post on it, and was pretty blown away. And today it makes a stop at our blog as it travels on the Virtual Book Tour.
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Dive In
By Porchlight
It's National Disability Awareness Month, and we wanted to post an excerpt from a book that supports that awareness - Nadine Vogel's Dive In. In it, Vogel talks about the untapped special needs workforce that exists, and how working with them (as well as preparing your company to work with current employees who may become disabled) can bring great potential for profits to your organization. Here's the excerpt: Increasing Productivity, Embracing Potential Why your company needs the Special Needs Workforce Partially excerpted from Dive In, Springboard into the Profitability, Productivity, and Potential of the Special Needs Workforce By Nadine O.
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Publishing Chat With Michael Bungay Stanier
By Porchlight
An interview with Michael Bungay Steiner, author of Do More Great Work.
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100 Best Makes ALA Top 10 List
By Porchlight
Each year, the American Library Association compiles a list of business books that libraries around the country use for guidance on quality books to include in their stock. This year, they've included 8cr's Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten's The 100 Best Business Books of All Time in their list of ten recommended business books for libraries to carry. Also included in the list are Michael Lewis', Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity, Julia Angwin's, Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America, and others, including something I'm personally interested in seeking out, Greg Grandin's, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
David Kord Murray: Borrowing Brilliance
By Porchlight
David Kord Murray was in town yesterday for our LeaveSmarter series, sponsored by M&I Bank and Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S. C. A clip from his talk can be seen below, where he describes the process of looking for creative solutions outside the realm of where your problem(s) exist.
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Just Jack! at The Business Beat
By Porchlight
Our company founder, Jack Covert, talked with Penguin's The Business Beat about the book The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind. Jack had questioned whether or not to include the book in his 100 Best Business Books of All Time, co-authored with Todd Sattersten. However, after spending more time with the book, he realized how well the book was written, portraying the importance of vision and looking at the big picture.
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Collaboration
By Porchlight
A recent post by author Bob Sutton suggests that Jack and Todd may have a title to include in an updated edition of their 100 Best Book: Morten Hansen's Collaboration. Whether or not Jack and Todd agree, Sutton points out some great facets to the book - cost and benefits of collaboration, cultivating T-shaped management, and unifying people. Hansen's book avoids ideology and theory and provides concrete evidence and data that support his ideas.
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Our Blog - Accredited Online
By Porchlight
Jack copied me on his response to a message he received recently, writing "For an email out of the blue, this is a good one. " The message came from Adrienne Carlson, who runs the Accredited Online PHD University blog. She had written Jack to let him know that she included us in her recent post, 100 Awesome Blogs for Every Kind of Book Lover.
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National Boss's Day: October 16
By Porchlight
Whether you love or hate your boss, October 16 is the day you can make your relationship with them a little better. And we at 8cr think you'll be hard pressed to find a better way to do that than to give them a copy of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. If things are cool between you and your boss, they'll appreciate the knowledge you'll share with them via the book.
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Strategic Thinking Month
By Porchlight
Headed by Josh Leibner, Gershon Mader, and Alan Weiss, authors of The Power of Strategic Commitment, September marks a time to re-evaluate strategy. In their book, the authors detail a variety of ways to align people around a mission, idea, or business. Commitment is the reason systems like SixSigma, the HP Way, etc.
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