First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 29, 2012

The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism Olivia Fox Cabane Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2012) Here is a generous provision of “practical, immediately applicable tools with measurable results” Whatever you call it (some call it a “sixth sense”), most of us realize when we are in the presence of people who [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 28, 2012

I can easily identify with the executive in Frank Cotham’s cartoon that appeared in an issue of The New Yorker years ago. Problems really do seem to multiply like rabbits on steroids. However, experts on decision-making agree that there are three mistakes that seem to make difficult situations even worse…and all can be avoided. 1. [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 28, 2012

Paul Schoemaker is the founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International, Inc., a consulting and training company specializing in strategic planning and executive development. He is also a co-founder and chairman of Strategic Radar Inc. and serves as Research Director of the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School. He specializes in decision [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 27, 2012

Here is an excerpt from another outstanding article, written by Bernard T. Ferrari and featured by the website of The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To check out the wealth of free resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and register to receive email alert alerts, please click here. * * [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 30, 2012

Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work Michael Michalko New World Library (2011) How and why conceptual blending of dissimilar subjects, ideas, and concepts is the most important factor in creative thinking Those who have read any of Michael Michalko’s previously published books, notably Cracking Creativity and Thinkertoys, already know that he has a unique [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 29, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article, featured in The McKinsey Quarterly published by McKinsey & Company. It includes an excerpt from Daniel Kahneman‘s book, Thinking, Fast and Slow. To read the complete article, check out the abundance of other free resources, obtain information about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 28, 2012

Rebecca Costa is a sociobiologist who offers a genetic explanation for current events, emerging trends and individual behavior. A thought-leader and provocative new voice in the mold of Thomas Friedman, Malcolm Gladwell and Jared Diamond, Costa examines “the big picture”– tracing everything from terrorism, crime on Wall Street, epidemic obesity and upheaval in the Middle [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 28, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tony Schwartz for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Why is it that between 25% and 50% of people [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 26, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Walter Isaacson for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * His saga is the entrepreneurial creation myth writ large: Steve Jobs [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 25, 2012

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Terry Tietzen, founder and C.E.O. of Edatanetworks, a developer of customer loyalty software. He suggests selling innovation in an organization [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 28, 2012

I know someone who has shrunk her world and everyone in it. How? She owns and constantly uses an iPhone and an iPad. That is how she sees various realities: as small images held captive within electronic devices. Winston Churchill once observed that the declarative sentence is man’s greatest achievement. My friend doesn’t agree. She [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 26, 2012

The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business Patrick Lencioni Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) The power of redundant “overcommunication” of what is most important to achieve and sustain organizational health After eight bestselling business fables, Patrick Lencioni has written a book in which he gathers his most important insights from them in a [.].

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