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The New York Times interviewed John Kotter yesterday and reported on his business fable Our Iceberg Is Melting. These numbers set the stage:
Since its release last September, "Iceberg" has sold some 224,000 copies in hardcover (Leading Change [his prior book] has sold more than a million copies in 10 years), and been translated into 10 languages, with 10 more foreign editions in the works.
When I reported on the Publisher Weekly best-seller numbers, Our Iceberg Is Melting was the surprise on the list.
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Back around the early 1900s, Andrew Carnegie set out to build libraries -- 2509 libraries, in fact. 1689 of which were built in the United States.
The folks over at Freakonomics point out that publishing was a completely different animal then than it is now.
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The New Influencers>>The Wall Street Journal | Caught in a Web of Comment
How, then, should companies deal with the world of blogs, as well as podcasts, social-network sites such as Facebook and other "social media"? That question is at the center of "The New Influencers," written by former Computerworld editor Paul Gillin.
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Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism >> The Economist | "America still wears the crown"
The possibility of change is at the heart of "Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism" . . .
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Yes, fighting can be a great creative tool when ego doesn't get in the way.
On that note, Josh explains that ego often gets in the way of collaboration. To this, Audrey responds that for any successful collaboration, we must let go of our false sense of control.
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