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A number of universities have created a "Last Lecture" series. The speakers are asked to answer one question, "What wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance? "
Randy Pausch a professor at Carnegie Mellon, known for his sabbatical work at Disney, creation of the program Alice and work with Google, was one of the recent lecturers at CM.
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Awhile back, we presented a book called, The Idea Book - an interesting book from Sweden we were surprised wasn't readily available here. We made it available to people in the States, and received a ton of compliments and thanks for bringing this title into the fold.
Well, we've found another great book.
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BNet has started running short video of authors in a feature they call Business Book Briefs. Right now, they are serving Vince Thompson (Ignited) and Bob Sutton (The No Asshole Rule).
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Michael O'Leary >> Economist | Snarling all the way to the bank
As far as Mr O'Leary is concerned: "Business books are bullshit and are usually written by wankers.
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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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