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The Keen Thinker Vol 12
By Sally Haldorson
We released our 12th volume of The Keen Thinker. In addition to a list of some of the very best business books, we also compiled a treasure trove of great business book information, including: Chris Guillebeau and Sally Hogshead headline 800-CEO-READ's Author Pow Wow! Making Connections | THE 8CR POW WOW est.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Excerpts
(Only) You Can Do It!
By 800-CEO-READ
As the economy recovers, as it surely must, there are going to be a lot of workers being tapped for executive positions for the first time—and hopefully many others that reenter the workforce in leadership roles. And, for those workers, Scott Eblin's newly revised and expanded edition of The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success, released last month by Nicholas Brealey Publishing, has come at a fortuitous time. This book is akin to Michael Watkin's classic, The First 90 Days, offering practical steps to succeed in one of the most grueling shifts you'll ever face in professional life.
Categories: excerpts
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The Best Business Books of 2010 from strategy + business
By 800-CEO-READ
strategy + business's "best of" list is always a special treat—in large part because it's never just a list, but a series of essays. The magazine gathers together a different team of experts each year, and each takes the task of writing on their chosen category and the books in it. I've listed their picks below, linking to the essays at the head of each category.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry
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Blog / News & Opinion
Giving Thanks
By Sally Haldorson
Back in March, Jack received a note from a Major Steve Sheridan out of Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He wrote: Reading your 100 B3OAT [Best Business Books of All Time] and loving it – thanks for writing it! I’ve only read 7 on the list of 100, so I’ve got a new reading plan for a few years.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
The Mesh Holiday Gift Guide
By 800-CEO-READ
Not sure what to get that special someone for the Holidays this year? I keep telling my friends in business that Lisa Gansky's book, The Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing, is one of the most important reads of the year. It does more than document a trend.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Excerpts
An Excerpt from THE BED OF PROCRUSTES
By 800-CEO-READ
This week we have an excerpt from The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. You may remember Taleb from his bestselling The Black Swan or his first book, Fooled by Randomness. Taleb is a big thinker, and The Bed of Procrustes is a collection of "philosophical and practical aphorisms" from the author.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / Staff Picks
Bloomberg Picks 30
Book Review by 800-CEO-READ
Here's a list we missed late last month. Though the post is rather cryptically titled Hellhound Bites Citigroup, Schwarzman Finds Gold Mine: Top Business Books, Bloomberg's James Pressley explains exactly why they put the list together: With so many business books being published each month, we’re often asked for recommendations. Here are 30 of our favorite hardbacks published this year.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / News & Opinion
Program or Be Programmed
By 800-CEO-READ
Douglas Rushkoff follows his full size, largely distributed Life, Inc. with an indie distributed, smaller book called Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age. The biggest difference though, is not the size or distribution -- but that it may be his most powerful writing yet.
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Blog / Excerpts
A Guest Post from Pinkett and Robinson
By 800-CEO-READ
Randall Pinkett was the winner of season four of The Apprentice, and the show's first minority winner. Rather awkwardly, after he was "hired," he was also the only winner ever asked by "The Donald" to share his victory with the runner-up. Not a fan of the show, I didn't know of those events until I picked up Dr.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / News & Opinion
The Master Switch & Internet Openness
By Porchlight
It seems that every year when the "best of" lists start coming out, there is one title that makes me slap my forehead in a “huh? I never heard of that book" moment. Actually, I love that feeling.
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