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Bill Strickland, President and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, and author of Make the Impossible Possible , has had a huge impact on thousands of people throughtout his years of being involved in the community. Manchester Bidwell Corporation and its subsidiaries, Manchester Craftsmens Guild (MCG) and Bidwell Training Center, have created a jobs training center and community arts program that gives disadvantaged kids and adults the opportunities and tools they need to envision and build a better, brighter future. If you're not familiar with Bill and the amazing work that he's done, take a couple minutes to visit his homepage and browse around.
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Ask 8cr! is a section of our blog used as a forum to address the kinds of issues and challenges people are having in the workplace. We take these issues and apply a business book we feel offers a viable solution.
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Last night I attended a talk by Sarah "Intelligirl" Robbins (of Mediasauce) on applying Web 2. 0 practices in the B2B environment. Well spoken, with a vast knowledge on the topic (and pink hair to boot), Sarah delivered an insightful hour long discussion on how companies can collaborate and communicate better using a variety of free web based tools.
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Yes, there's now an action figure of the famous business guru Seth Godin. At a towering 5. 375", he'll fit in any cubicle and your suit pocket.
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The following excerpt is Chapter 3 of Reaching The Goal: How Managers Improve a Services Business Using Goldratt's Theory of Constraints by John A. Ricketts. From the publisher: "Ricketts draws on Eli Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (TOC), one of this generation's most successful management methodologies.
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