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Blog / Editor's Choice
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
Book Review by Porchlight
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson know that it doesn't have to be crazy at work, because they've created a company of calm in the midst of the industry that brought the culture of crazy upon us all.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / Staff Picks
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment
Book Review by Rebecca Schwartz
Our owner and CEO takes a look inside the country's prison industrial complex, and its long history, through the lens of journalist Shane Bauer's new book.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / New Releases
Business Books to Watch in October
By Porchlight
These are 25 of the best books in a flood of great books being released in October.
Categories: new-releases, narrative-biography, publishing-industry
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Consistency Selling: Powerful Sales Results. Every Lead. Every Time.
By Porchlight
Weldon Long's third book is dedicated to the sales process with which he turned his life around and built a successful company consulting to some of America's top companies.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next Economy
Book Review by Porchlight
Nathan Schneider explores the history and future of the cooperative business model, and how it has—and continues—to contribute to the economy in mostly unseen ways.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Blog
800-CEO-READ Business Bestsellers for September 2018
By Porchlight
The bestselling business books at 800-CEO-READ for September 2018.
Categories: the-company
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Blog / News & Opinion
The Shortlist for the 2018 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year
By Porchlight
Six finalists for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year have been announced.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry
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Blog / Book Giveaways
The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback
By Porchlight
Nigel Travis finally found a role at Dunkin' Brands in which he could create the kind of healthy challenge culture he believes best serves pluralistic organizations—one that could have helped the two companies he worked for previously, which have encountered existential issues since.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most
Book Review by Porchlight
Steven Johnson's new book about decision-making is, true to its title, farsighted—providing a set of tools and techniques that can help lead to better choices for our individual lives, and the future of life on Earth.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / ChangeThis
What Makes a Change Maker a Change Maker?
By Porchlight
"Innovation has moved from a distant abstraction in the business world to a front-and-center deliverable that is expected to show evidence of impact. But there is no guaranteed formula for finding ideas and executing on them for sustained impact. Users and buyers set moving expectations, investors are demanding and unforgiving, and society expects companies to contribute beyond the bottom line. Change makers operate within the polarities of innovation—innovation is cool yet threatening, inevitable yet unpredictable, attractive yet avoided—and remain undeterred. They want to solve real problems by getting stuff done, even with the uncertainty, unpredictability, and ambiguity that defines their journey. They are guided by purpose, and are driven to create value benefiting investors and employees, users, buyers, partners, and the broader community in which they exist. They don't accept the status quo. They operate with urgency, and speed their progress by rolling up their sleeves and learning on the fly.
Categories: changethis