I want to thank the folks at Ryma for letting me give a webinar as a part of their Product Management View series. The webinar goes from 12:00 – 1:00 PM EDT this Wednesday, April 2. Click here to register. Drop me a comment and let me know what you think. Update — The folks [...]
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Why do some few brands take off like a rocket while many (most we’ve never heard of) never leave the ground? A new book that expounds on this question will be released this week. The title is Accidental Branding: How Ordinary People Build Extraordinary Brands by David Vinjamuri. In Accidental Branding, David profiles the leaders [...]
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Since I’ve been on a book “kick” lately I wanted to share a few more great books I’ve read over the last couple years: The Search by John Battelle describes the rise of Google and how they turned the Internet search business on its head. He discusses what searching the Internet was like before Google [...]
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In many situations, especially when it comes to leadership, what we say can make or break the outcome. Such is the premise of the book Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when the stakes are high. What we say, and the way we conduct ourselves at certain, critical times determine our success or lack thereof. Crucial [...]
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The first time I remember hearing the name Jon M. Huntsman was when I was a boy and he was talking with my father about leasing some land in the mountains of northern Utah. The deal never went through (I never did find out why), but Mr. Huntsman has sent my father a Christmas card [...]
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I’m certain everyone who reads this blog has at least heard about Good to Great by Jim Collins. This is perhaps one of the clearest, best written books about how great people have done amazing things to catapult companies into prominence. The companies in this study that went from good to great are Abbot Laboratories, [...]
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One of the great new books to come of age is The New Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott. David writes and excellent book comparing and contrasting the “old rules” of marketing with the new. He writes with compelling explanations about how new technologies have changed the marketing / PR profession from [...]
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I mentioned in an earlier post that I had taken a speed reading course and was amazed at how much it has helped me to read faster and comprehend better. Consequently I have read a lot more books in the past few months than I ever had in such a short amount of time. Many [...]
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I just found out about a new book by Stephen M. Studdert called America in Danger: What you must know to protect yourself. I have not yet read the book, but I found a quote by the author that was compelling, and important in light of the qualities of people who lead on purpose: I [...]
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