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Blog / Editor's Choice
The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
In her new book, Anne-Marie Slaughter gives us a new both/and paradigm with which to view the world.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Leadership in Focus: Bringing Out Your Best on Camera
By Porchlight
Veteran filmmaker Vern Oakley has written a book distilling his decades of experience humanizing companies into a new book about the process, and power, of film.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Blog
800-CEO-READ Business Bestsellers for March 2017
By 800-CEO-READ
The bestselling business books at 800-CEO-READ for March 2017.
Categories: the-company
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Blog / New Releases
Business Books to Watch in April
By 800-CEO-READ
These are the books we'll be digging deeper into in April.
Categories: new-releases, narrative-biography, publishing-industry, the-company
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Christian Madsbjerg's new book helps us make more sense of the world by encouraging us to include all the data in our decisions, human and technical.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / Excerpts
The Imagination Gap
By 800-CEO-READ
In his new book, The Imagination Gap, Brian Reich argues that imagination provides a window into the world of what is possible.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy
By Porchlight
Mo Gawdat's new book is about how to achieve happiness by ceasing the chase of it.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Kate Raworth has written a beautiful and powerful book about the limits and setbacks of current economic dogma, and provides us with a new model to replace it with.
Categories: editors-choice
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Blog / ChangeThis
Powerful Tips for Overcoming Career Setbacks
By Bill Treasurer
"Quick, what do Hillary Clinton, Steve Jobs, Abraham Lincoln, and even President Donald Trump have in common? During their careers, all suffered through spectacular failures. At some point, every leader is confronted with the reality that his or her leadership is seriously and substantially flawed. It is at this precise moment when a leader is faced with a choice: learn and grow or remain blindly loyal to ignorance. Every leader worth his or her salt will get a psychological kick in the ass eventually. It is a critical and inevitable part of the leadership experience. The untold truth about leadership is that leaders don't progress from good to great: they go from decidedly bad to pretty good. For the last two decades, I've worked with thousands of leaders across the globe. What follows is what they've taught me about how to overcome career setbacks and become a stronger leader in the process."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Evolution of Customer Experience: From Consistency to Purpose
By Lior Arussy
"Customer Experience Design has gone through an evolution. This evolution can be best described through three generations of customer experience design: Consistent experiences Exceptional experiences Purposeful experiences We are now facing the third generation of customer experience. While consistency or emotional engagement will be sufficient for some situations, to create true customer relevance, companies must raise their aim when designing their experience. Customer experience has a new higher bar: purpose."
Categories: changethis
