Issue 100
The Creative Instinct: How Big Ideas Happen
Nov. 14, 2012 - By: Nikos Acuña
“Everything that has ever been meaningful in this world was born from someone’s imagination. Everything in this world, including us, started out as an idea, a shadow of possibility.”
Nov. 14, 2012 - By: Nikos Acuña
Issue 99
The Connected Company: How Distributed Organism Businesses are Rising Against the Machine to Build a More Connected World
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Dave Gray
“Companies are not really machines, so much as complex, dynamic, growing systems. After all, companies are really just groups of people who have banded together to achieve some kind of purpose.”
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Dave Gray
The Laws of Subtraction: How to Innovate in the Age of Excess Everything
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Matthew E. May
“The noise is deafening, the signal weak. Everything is too complicated and time-sucking. Welcome to the age of excess everything. Success in this new age looks different, and demands a new and singular skill: Subtraction.”
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Matthew E. May
Timeless Leadership for a New World
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Erika Andersen
“Even though our leadership choices are no longer life-or-death (for the most part), unpredictable local and global economies, new business models arising from shifts in technology and consumer buying patterns, and a changing workforce mean that it’s critical for organizations to have strong and flexible leaders.”
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Erika Andersen
Trust-and-Track: A New Approach to Small Business Success
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Nick Sarillo
“At the core of trust-and-track is an optimistic belief about people. I have always believed that if you trained people right and took care of them, they would do the right thing for both themselves and the business.”
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Nick Sarillo
Uncommon Wisdom: Why Great Leaders Don’t Reward Results
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Eric C. Sinoway
“The framework of this manifesto will help managers and leaders identify the employees who represent the future of their business, and it will help them spot and eliminate the organizational vampires that may kill it.”
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Eric C. Sinoway
Rethinking Your Business from the
Outside In
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Harley Manning, Kerry Bodine, & Josh Bernoff
“If you read the pages of the Wall Street Journal you would come to believe that business is about big deals—about multi-billion dollar acquisitions, massive pay packages for executives, macroeconomic forces ... In fact, the secret of success is in the little things."
Outside In
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Harley Manning, Kerry Bodine, & Josh Bernoff
Issue 98
How to Tell a Story: 10 Simple Strategies
Sept. 12, 2012 - By: Jonah Sachs
“Maybe it’s because we’re all so overloaded with information. Maybe it’s because we’re all so starved for meaning. Or maybe it’s because, thanks to social media, everyone’s become a broadcaster these days. Whatever the reason, we’re all getting the same memo at the same time: if you want to be heard, you’d better learn to tell better stories.”
Sept. 12, 2012 - By: Jonah Sachs
The Personal MBA, Updated & Expanded: Mastering Business Without Spending a Fortune
Sept. 12, 2012 - By: Josh Kaufman
“MBA programs don't have a monopoly on advanced business knowledge ... you can get a world-class business education simply by reading these books.”
Sept. 12, 2012 - By: Josh Kaufman
Taking Higher Education Higher: How to Cut College Costs and Increase Degree Value
Sept. 12, 2012 - By: Sharla Berry
“With college costs rising, student loan debt skyrocketing and average starting salaries falling, the following questions must be asked. Is college for everybody? Who is college for? ... This manifesto is for those who are willing to begin the work of change.”
Sept. 12, 2012 - By: Sharla Berry
