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New Excerpt - The Elephant and the Dragon
Book Review by Porchlight
There's a new excerpt up on our Excerpts blog. It's from The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us. There are many books on China and India out these days, but The Elephant and the Dragon focuses specifically on the predictions and fears about the global impacts of these emerging superpowers.
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links for 2007-10-12
By Porchlight
McIlhenny's Gold>>The Wall Street Journal | Ingredients of a Family Fortune In "McIlhenny's Gold," Jeffrey Rothfeder, a former BusinessWeek editor, sets himself the ambitious goal of testing the truth of this founding legend and of drawing a historical profile of one of the oldest -- and most profitable -- family businesses in U.
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Excerpt from The Elephant and the Dragon
By Porchlight
The following excerpt is the introduction to The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us by Robyn Meredith. * * * * * In June 2003, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India boarded a plane bound for Beijing. It was to be an historic trip.
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The New Red Pen
By Porchlight
I had a conversation yesterday with the general manager of our sister company about Web 2. 0 that got me thinking. The conversation actually began as a fascinating look at the world of pens and ink color, but that, like many conversations seem to these days, led us to a discussion of Web 2.
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Exclamation Points!
By Porchlight
From Monday's WSJ: Nancy Camarota, a customer-relations executive at Allied Waste Industries Inc. , said she thought it was odd when a Deloitte & Touche USA LLP consultant used an exclamation point in an email. 'Guys do not use exclamation points,' she thought.
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Blog / New Releases
Michael Gates Gill podcast
By Aaron Schleicher
Michael Gates Gill, author of How Starbucks Saved My Life, was in Milwaukee giving a talk last week. I was able to meet with him and have posted our conversation in the 8cr podcast blog.
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How Starbucks Saved My Life Interview with Michael Gates Gill
By Porchlight
If you haven't heard about Michael Gates Gill, the author of How Starbucks Saved My Life , he's lived a pretty incredible life that was turned completely upside-down. But, he's risen back to the top -- albeit in a much different way than his "old life. " It was a real pleasure to speak with him about the value of serving and respecting others.
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Your "Inner Circle" in No Man's Land
By Porchlight
A few weeks ago we had Doug Tatum, author of No Man's Land, in town for an event with area business people. He talked about that difficult transition from a small company to a big company. One message that seemed to resonate with the audience was the idea that to grow in a healthy way, leaders must refresh their "inner circle" of confidants and managers.
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Ask 8cr! - Off-Ramps and On-Ramps
By Aaron Schleicher
Welcome to "Ask 8cr! " - a new section of our blog where we've created a forum to find out what kinds of issues and challenges people are having in the workplace. We then take these issues and apply a business book we feel offers a viable solution.
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Best Books To Make Best Workplaces
By Porchlight
Last week, The Wall Street Journal announced their Top Small Workplaces 2007 winners. The Journal asked the folks who run those places what books they would recommend to others trying to create first-class workplaces. Here the alphabetical list of their selections.
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