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Reading All of Them...
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"Right then and there I decided between now and when I graduate (May of 2011), I'm going to finish all 100 of these books.
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Read History So You Don't Repeat History
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Richard Anderson, CEO of Delta Airlines, was interviewed for The New York Times' Corner Office column yesterday. Books came up a couple of times in the course of the Q&A. From the piece: Q.
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100 Best: Jack interviews Jan Carlzon, author of Moments of Truth
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In this interview, Jan Carlzon, author of Moments of Truth, talks with Jack Covert about his experience running large companies, and the moments when he discovered pathways to success: connecting with customers and employees, and aiming for being 1% better than competition to build a long-term successful organization. This book is one of the books in Jack and Todd's book The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. [podcast]http://800ceoread.
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The Might and Myth of Good To Great
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A growing wave of critics is taking shots at Jim Collins and his book, Good to Great, questioning the research and Collins' oft-followed path for corporate success. The arguments against Collins are nicely summarized in a Boston Globe article written by Drake Bennett titled "Luck Inc. " Jim Collins is quoted, pushing back on some of the counterclaims to his contribution to "business-success literature.
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445 Years and Still Going Strong!
By 800-CEO-READ
Today is William Shakespeare's birthday (if he had lived past his death, he'd be 445 years old today) Anyway, here's to the man that created entertainment, thought provoking monologues on the human condition and many, many quotes to fill tons of 365 day calendars on office desks. Today, NPRR ran a little story about Will and his marvelous cliches (er quotes). Granted in Will's time, these were NOT cliches - but our overuse of them have almost rendered them mute.
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100 Best: Jack intervieiws Jack Trout, co-author of Positioning
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As technology develops, the ways for people to communicate have become incredibly easier, creating a flood of messaging and input that makes it difficult for companies to get their message received clearly. Positioning details how to effectively stake claim in the minds of consumers in honest ways, creating a new form of advertising where insight and familiarity rivals messaging. This book is one of the books in Jack and Todd's book The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
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100 Best Podcasts
By 800-CEO-READ
Jack and Todd have been busy interviewing as many authors as possible from The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. We took a break from posting these interviews for awhile, but a batch of them have gone up recently, with more to come each week. The site currently features interviews with Henry Petroski, David Dorsey, David Allen, Charles Wheelan, Bo Peabody, Al Ries, Leonard Berry, Karen Berman and Joe Knight, Strat Sherman, and Jack Stack.
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100 Best in Lexington, KY
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For those of you in Kentucky, head over to the Joseph Beth Booksellers in Lexington tonight at 7pm. Todd Sattersten will be there talking about the metathemes of business that he and Jack discovered while writing The 100 Best Business Books of All Time, and signing copies of their book. The talk is an insightful 40 minutes, and covers 5 points every company should be conscious of.
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100 Best: Todd interviews Henry Petroski, author of To Engineer is Human
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Tune in as Todd Sattersten interviews Henry Petroski about his book To Engineer is Human. Petroski discusses the role of failure in creativity and innovation and how success is found in the process. Henry Petroski's book is one of the books in Jack and Todd's book The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
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Extinction and Distinction
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Over on the Excerpts and Essays Blog, we have two posts from Scott McKain about his new book Collapse of Distinction. The first is the problem and is called The Destroyers of Differentiation. His second piece is the solution and is titled Four Cornerstones of Distinction.
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