First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

1. The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye-doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian. 3. She was only a whiskey-maker, but he loved her still. 4. A [.].

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Education Blog 117

First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

So, (courtesy of Slate: Sh*t Facebook Employees Say), here are five maxims/mantras of Facebook buried in their S-1 Filing: Facebookism No. 1: “Done is better than perfect” Facebookism No. 2: “Code wins arguments” Facebookism No. 3: “Move fast and break things” Facebookism No. 4: “The riskiest thing is to take no risks.” Facebookism No. 5: “This [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Mark Miller is a business leader, best-selling author and communicator. He began his Chick-fil-A career working as an hourly team member in 1977. In 1978, Mark joined the corporate staff working in the warehouse and mailroom. Since that time, he has provided leadership for Corporate Communications, Field Operations, and Quality and Customer Satisfaction, and today [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Human Competence: Engineering Worthy Performance Thomas F. Gilbert Crown Business (2007) How and why the behavior engineering model “is really an outline of a performance troubleshooting sequence” Note: The comments that follow discuss the “Tribute Edition” (2007) of a book first published in 1996, after its author’s death. It is now widely viewed as a [.].

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Gilbert Books Engineering Review 75