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Blog / News & Opinion
The Keen Thinker v. 13
By Sally Haldorson
What will this edition of The Keen Thinker, our monthly newsletter, offer you? A list of the category winners of the 800-CEO-READ Annual Business Book of the Year Awards. Links to original video recorded by many of the 800-CEO-READ Author Pow Wow attendees and speakers.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
Todd Sattersten's Top 10 Business Books of 2010
By Sally Haldorson
Business book expert (and former president of 800-CEO-READ) Todd Sattersten has picked his top 10 business books of the year. We agree heartily with his list--a mix of big idea books and practical methodology--and think that you can't go wrong choosing any of these fine books as a blueprint for your business goals in 2011. Todd's Top 10: Drive by Dan Pink Switch by Chip and Dan Heath Linchpin by Seth Godin Rafi Mohammed's The 1% Windfall William Poundstone's Priceless Youngme Moon: Different Lisa Gansky: The Mesh The Big Short by Michael Lewis Steven Johnson: Where Good Ideas Come From Gamestorming: by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo Click over to Todd's blog to read more about each of his picks.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Interviewing Steven Johnson: Where Good Ideas Come From
By 800-CEO-READ
I had the incredible pleasure of interviewing Steven Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From (among many other books). We spoke about patterns among the individuals featured in the book, what an organization created to build on the premise of the book would like, and Bill Gates' reading vacation. What's fascinating about Where Good Ideas Come From is the application of the research to your own pursuit of creativity and innovation and that of your organization.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Staff Picks
Ten Picks from The Globe & Mail
Book Review by 800-CEO-READ
Harvey Schachter of The Globe and Mail has listed what he believes are The top 10 Business Reads of 2010. With a bias toward practical and immediately applicable books over "big idea" titles, this is an especially great list for managers. He chose: The Executive and the Elephant: A Leader's Guide for Building Inner Excellence by Richard Daft, Jossey-Bass The Management Mythbuster by David Axson, John Wiley & Sons Hundred Percenters: Challenge Your Employees to Give It Their All, and They'll Give You Even More by Mark Murphy, Jossey-Bass Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Broadway Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink, Riverhead How To Hire A-Players: Finding the Top People for Your Team- Even If You Don't Have a Recruiting Department by Eric Herrenkohl, John Wiley & Sons Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back If You Lose It by Marshall Goldsmith, Hyperion Get Rid of the Performance Review: How Companies Can Stop Intimidating, Start Managing—And Focus on What Really Matters by Samuel Culbert with Lawrence Rout, Business Plus Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of Growth by Edward Hess, Columbia Business School Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Book Customization
By 800-CEO-READ
Customer Service is the heart of our organization. An extension of that is customizing books: for author events, corporate customers, and individuals. Here's a short movie about some of the cool stuff we can do (and some of the music we listen to while working - Atomic: "Boom Boom").
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
Can Video Games Fix Reality?
By 800-CEO-READ
According to Jane McGonigal, Reality is Broken. But, she is a visionary, not a pessimist, and in her book, Reality is Broken, she outlines how video games, which adults often view as being for kids, is the very technology that is training people to solve problems on personal, local, and global levels. How can understanding this technology help you, your employees, and your business?
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Blog / News & Opinion
2010 Business Book Awards
By 800-CEO-READ
It's that time of year! Since 2007, each year we receive hundreds of submissions for the year's best business books in various categories. Throughout fall, we spend a lot of time reading, talking, and thinking about what makes a book "best.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects – All the Devils are Here
By 800-CEO-READ
All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis by Bethany McLean & Joe Nocera, Portfolio, 380 pages, $32. 95, Hardcover, November 2010, ISBN 9781591843634 I know you might be thinking, “Another book on the financial crisis… really? ” But this is the one that many have been waiting for, and after reading it for myself, I can safely say that Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera have delivered the most comprehensive documentation to-date of the many pieces that built the puzzle of our financial system over the decades.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects – Overconnected
By 800-CEO-READ
Overconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet by William H. Davidow, Delphinium Books, 240 pages, $27. 95, Hardcover, January 2011, ISBN 9781883285463 As we move from an industrial era mindset that new technologies have made obsolete, our ability to be plugged in and instantly connected has introduced us to unpredicted challenges and dangers.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects - Now, Build a Great Business
By 800-CEO-READ
Now, Build a Great Business: 7 Ways to Maximize Your Profits in Any Market by Mark Thompson & Brian Tracy, Amacom, 228 pages, $24. 95, Hardcover, November 2010 ISBN 9780814416976 Obviously, I read a lot of business books. I read business books on how to love your customers, how to hire and fire, how to think big, how to narrow your focus, how to be more creative and yet more disciplined.
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