Tue.Feb 14, 2012

First Friday Book Synopsis

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Charles Dickens, Twyla Tharp, Steve Jobs – Focus; Focus on the Core, the Spine

First Friday Book Synopsis

The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight. There is nothing yet to research. For me, these moments are not pretty. I look like a desperate woman, tortured by the simple message [.].

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7 signs of a dysfunctional company

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an article written by Steve Tobak for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. * * * (MoneyWatch) I was just reading about how Barack Obama and George W. [.].

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Wanted: Idea Fusers

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Bronwyn Fryer 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. * * * It’s become pretty much common knowledge that great innovation springs from [.].

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