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GOOD magazine devoted 32 pages to business in their November/December issue. To start the section off is an interview with Gary Hishberg, dairy king, founder of Stonyfield Farm and author of Stirring it Up: How to Make Money and Save the World. Here's a link to the interview.
October 22, 2008
Stew Friedman, over at the Harvard Business Publishing Blog, shares leadership lessons he gained from Neil Young's music. Stew's the author of Total Leadership.
October 24, 2008
A groundbreaking settlement has been announced in the Authors Guild v. Google case, which charged Google with copyright infringement in it's drive to digitize the world's books on Google Book Search. The Chairman of The Association of American Publishers says of the settlement: "This settlement clearly took a long time to negotiate, and rightly so--it is breathtaking in scope, groundbreaking for publishers and authors, and trailblazing for intellectual property in general.
October 28, 2008
Thanks to everyone who came out to Pecha Kucha Night #3 last night. We had a blast, and we hope you did too! Here is a slideshow of photos from last night.
October 29, 2008
Zappos is a company that focuses foremost on company culture. By doing so, they believe that things like great customer service and branding will naturally evolve. They're not alone in this thought.
October 30, 2008
We started InBubbleWrap back up a couple months ago, and then the site broke. We had to get under the hood and figure out why. Zach, our new addition to 800-CEO-READ, got it figured out and we are giving away again.
November 07, 2008
Hiring the Right Skill Set And Motivating the Millennials By Tony Wagner Author of The Global Achievement Gap In an economic downturn, employers need to be even more careful with their hiring decisions. And recent graduates from some of the best schools may not have the skills that matter most in the new global knowledge economy. In researching my new book, The Global Achievement Gap: Why Our Kids Don't Have the Skills They Need for College, Careers, and Citizenship--And What We Can Do About It, I have come to understand that there are "7 Survival Skills" for the New World of Work, and that employers must look beyond applicants' "pedigrees" to carefully assess whether they have the skills that matter most.
November 17, 2008
Michael Hyatt, President & CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, has updated his ten favorite business books. They are: Focus: The Future Of Your Company Depends On It by Al Ries, HarperBusiness Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen, Penguin Books Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap. .
November 20, 2008
I watch what people are saying about business books on Tweeter. It is great. I find things I haven't seen.
In this interview, I talked with Steve Steinhilber, author of Strategic Alliances: Three Ways to Make Them Work. Steve heads up strategic alliances for Cisco and he has all sorts of interesting things to say about them. Consider that Cisco generates $5 billion through alliances and $10 billion for their partners.
November 23, 2008
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