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Last night, it was announced at the Goldman Sachs Business Book Award ceremony in London that Liaquat Ahamed's Lords of Finance won business book of the year. Lloyd Blankfein said of the book, “Lords of Finance is a timely reminder that turmoil and instability in financial markets are not an invention of the 21st Century. ” A refreshing statement as the economy makes a slow turnaround from the past year.
October 30, 2009
We have been selling Susan RoAne's How to Work a Room for a long time now, nearly all the way back to its first edition—published 21 years ago this month. RoAne's book has obviously not had the historical reach or significance of another anniversary being celebrated today—the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall—but it has quietly torn down many smaller, more personal walls of its own over the past two decades, giving people the tools to improve their lives through better communication and social skills at work and beyond. Ms.
November 09, 2009
Below is a recent article from Carmine Gallo, author of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience. His article details seven points about what makes Mr. Jobs such an incredible marketer; words we can certainly all learn from.
We told you that we'd be updating you on our office renovations. Here is what our office in back looks like after moving everything for the construction in the front office. It's kind of cramped, kind of cluttered, but it's our home for now!
November 16, 2009
Need some help with your holiday shopping? Penguin Group can help, as they've asked their authors "which books they are giving, and which books they'd most like to receive this holiday season. " It's far too extensive a list for me to even begin to parse for you all, so I'll send you over to the brilliant folks at Penguin.
November 17, 2009
Marcus Buckingham's latest book, Find Your Strongest Life, focuses on helping women find their inner-strength, purpose, and fulfillment in life. To further the discussion, Buckingham will be featured in an upcoming webinar, co-hosted by Thomas Nelson Publishing and 800ceoread. Details on registering can be found here.
November 18, 2009
Seth Godin has posted some new reading suggestions for you, writing: Until further notice, books remain your #1 entertainment and learning value. Have you ever finished a book and not felt smarter? The books on the list are: Makers by Cory Doctorow, Tor Books Bad Monkeys: A Novel (P.
November 19, 2009
By Sally Haldorson
Skimming around Huffington Post during lunch, I found Jesse Kornbluth’s blog post on working with Twyla Tharp on her new book that came out today, The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together. Kornbluth recounts his time working with her on the book, offering us a tasty morsel of insight on what it was like to work with a genius of her ilk. One of Tharp’s earlier books, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, was included in the Innovation and Creativity chapter of our The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
November 24, 2009
In a new entry of the demolition and rebuilding of our office space, I give you NEW WALLS. Yep, the old ones tumbled to the ground and new ones grew up in their wake. Along with extra holes in the walls, carpet torn up and tile ordered - it's been one busy week for the construction of the new space.
December 04, 2009
The 65th issue of ChangeThis has been published. Take some time with it. Introduce it to your friends.
December 09, 2009
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