First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

I presented my synopsis of Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, for a group of investors last night. Michael Lewis is a great! story teller. Here are some of his highlights, some of the most enlightening parts, of the story he weaves: Americans wanted to own homes far larger than they could afford, and [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The Innovator’s Manifesto: Deliberate Disruption for Transformational Growth Michael Raynor Crown Business (2011) How and why disruption “provides an explanation of creative creation Frankly, I was unable to fully understand (much less appreciate) the significance of what Joseph A. Schumpeter shares in his masterwork, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, when I first read it in 1975. [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Blah Blah Blah: What to Do When Words Won’t Work Dan Roam Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2011) Visual and verbal literacy “on the other side of complexity” Those who have already read one or both of Dan Roam’s previous books, The Back of the Napkin and Unfolding the Napkin, will be pleased to know that in [.].

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