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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
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Jack and I have been pretty quiet on the blog over the last year. The process of writing a book took more time than I ever imagined. I have a completely new appreciation for the authors who have come before me.
June 16, 2008
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You guessed it! Another book was brought to my attention the other day when someone called and placed a mass quantity order for their employees to read, the other day. The book was: The Future of the Internet.
June 20, 2008
The Pixar Touch, which was a Jack Covert Selects in May, was reviewed in this past Sunday's New York Times Book Review. Read the review here.
June 24, 2008
Jim Champy is coauthor of the business classic Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution, which is, without a doubt, one of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time (we love manifestos). He also wrote the follow-ups Reengineering Management and X-Engineering the Corporation, and just released a new book, Outsmart! , in March.
June 25, 2008
Blog / News & Opinion
Here's an offering of some random, yet interesting things from the Internet this week! Book Review: The Office from Hell Cure by Jeffrey A. Landers.
June 27, 2008
Found this today. A Fast Company article on evolutionary economics from Michael Shermer, author of The Mind of the Market. If the fruit of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 hasn't landed in your bank account yet, it's likely just a matter of time before you're throwing $600 on the bed just to see what it feels like to roll around in that much cash.
June 30, 2008
In his wonderful review of Personal Days in last weeeknd's New York Times Sunday Book Review (free subscription), Mark Sarvas pondered the following: . . .
July 03, 2008
Carol Hymowitz in her In The Lead column for The Wall Street Journal recommends summer reading. Among the business titles you will find: John Kotter change fable Our Iceberg Is Melting (John has a new book coming in September, more on that soon). A.
People Don't Hate Change, They Hate How You're Trying to Change Them by Michael T. Kanazawa "According to a summary of over 40 research studies on change, the success rate of strategy execution and corporate change programs is 33%. At the same time, a Conference Board survey of over 600 global CEOs revealed that the top two challenges they see are: 1) generating consistent revenue growth and 2) strategy execution.
July 09, 2008
I bet you've been wondering to yourself, "Hrmmm, I wonder which 800-CEO-READ's top 25 books from June are available on compact disc? " Well, gentle reader, wonder no longer! !
July 14, 2008
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