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By Dan Ward
Most cliches find their origin in truth, and "less is more" is one that rings true whether we are discussing a new marketing piece swimming with text and graphics or an ice cream sundae swimming in, well, just never add a dollop of strawberry sauce over the chocolate, caramel and those multi-colored jimmies. Dan Ward succinctly shows us that increased complexity does not inherently equal increased goodness and instructs us on how to walk that fine line while still innovating.
April 26, 2006
By Bob Allard
If everyone is networking, who's working for you? Allard and Banfield will show you how to "get 100, 200, 500 people thinking about how they can help YOU with your project, your passion, your school, your business." The authors remind us that networking isn't accidental, but a skill to be honed. The more you care, the better you listen, the more likely you are to reap what you sow.
March 09, 2006
By Kevin Eikenberry
Does the phrase "team building" bring to mind interminable meetings briefly punctuated by stale, free sandwiches and awkward get-to-know-you games? Use Kevin Eikenberry's high-CARB approach instead of the tired, traditional methods of team building. The CARB approach encourages teams or the organizations that support them to go beyond bonding, and encourage commitment, alignment (goal agreement), relationships, and behaviors and skills.
By Nate Burgos
Disasters create change. They particularly defined 2005, from the Asian Tsunami to Hurricane Katrina, provoking a drive for innovation, whose essential value is betterment. This manifesto aims to frame some essential truths that contribute to the quality of not only things, but also people and places. Disasters displace, but what is never displaced is the need to make life better. This need, whatever the scale and wherever the setting, is shared by all of us who possess the power to innovate.
December 13, 2007
By Pankaj Ghemawat
Pankaj Ghemawat disagrees that the world is flat, instead asserts that "the complex world of semiglobalization offers a far richer palette of business opportunities than a simple "borderless" world of uniformity and ubiquity." Here, he offers an antidote by addressing what still matters: distance and difference.
November 15, 2007
By Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Vaitheeswaran, author of Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future, here asserts that within "the thorny geopolitical, environmental, and economic complications involved with cars and oil, America's federal energy policies do matter." He calls for a "market-minded" approach that offers a level playing field for entrepreneurs and innovators instead of the conventional and archaic.
November 08, 2007
By Noah Blumenthal
Blumenthal believes there is simply no stronger motivation for good performance than strong relationships and hopes to revolutionize leadership with a deceptively simple equation: Relationships = Productivity. He warns of an epidemic of "ineptivity" (motion without reason) has lead to a state of disenfranchisement within business, and a good leader who attends to people's needs can prevent mutiny.
By Andy Kanefield
Andy Kanefield is interested in changing how we view organizational behavior based on the principle of cognitive diversity. In other words, each of us is wired differently and sees organizational issues in different ways. Here he fleshes out inter-related questions every leader should ask about his/her organization and the four types of filters people use as they process what happens in their organization.
October 03, 2007
By Dean Brenner
Brenner believes there is a critical flaw in how we communicate. We naturally divide our communications in two approaches: to inform or to persuade. When, according to Brenner, every communication is an opportunity to persuade. Next time you hear someone say, "I just wanted to give you an update..." you'll know an opportunity to shape opinion was missed.
By Eric Dezenhall
The changing rules of media and wider public access to information make the kind of damage control done in the past ineffective. This manifesto by Eric Dezenhall will help you understand just how much times have changed, and that your strategy must change as well.
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