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The Memo to the CEO Series, Various Authors, Harvard Business School Press, $18. 00, Hardcover, 2008
We recently attended Book Expo America, the national bookseller's convention, and almost every one of our meetings involved some talk of the future. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was one of the headliners, promoting his company's electronic reading device, the Kindle.
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Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are by Rob Walker, Random House, 291 pages, $25. 00, Hardcover, June 2008, ISBN 9781400063918
Standing in the condiments aisle of the grocery store, shoppers are confronted by bottle after bottle of similar items. There is any number of considerations we mull over regarding what we ultimately place in our carts.
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The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World by Peter Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz, Joe Lauer & Sara Schley, Doubleday, $29. 95, 406 pages, Hardcover, June 2008, ISBN 9780385519014
In our annual magazine published earlier this year, we lamented the lack of business books that tackle issues of the environment. Well, this year that has changed, as there have been numerous books on the topic published, such as Stirring It Up by Gary Hirshberg, and Go Green, Live Rich by Richard Bach.
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Nudge was one of April's Jack Covert Selects, but it appears Jack and the rest of us here at 8cr are not the only fans. Mr. Tom Peters himself has posted a rave review on his blog.
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Two years ago, Kathryn Cramer and Hank Wasiak wrote a book on asset-based thinking, Change the Way You See Everything. Here's the Jack Covert Selects review on the book. ABT means focusing on opportunities, strengths and what can be done (rather than the opposite).
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