Issue 100

The Creative Instinct: How Big Ideas Happen
Nov. 14, 2012 - By: Nikos Acuña
100 “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.”



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
99 “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.”


The Laws of Subtraction: How to Innovate in the Age of Excess Everything
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Matthew E. May
99 “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.”


Timeless Leadership for a New World
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Erika Andersen
99 “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.”


Trust-and-Track: A New Approach to Small Business Success
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Nick Sarillo
99 “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.”


Uncommon Wisdom: Why Great Leaders Don’t Reward Results
Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Eric C. Sinoway
99 “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.”


Rethinking Your Business from the
Outside In

Oct. 10, 2012 - By: Harley Manning, Kerry Bodine, & Josh Bernoff
99 “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."



Issue 98

How to Tell a Story: 10 Simple Strategies
Sept. 12, 2012 - By: Jonah Sachs
98 “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.”


The Personal MBA, Updated & Expanded: Mastering Business Without Spending a Fortune
Sept. 12, 2012 - By: Josh Kaufman
98 “MBA programs don't have a monopoly on advanced business knowledge ... you can get a world-class business education simply by reading these books.”


Taking Higher Education Higher: How to Cut College Costs and Increase Degree Value
Sept. 12, 2012 - By: Sharla Berry
98 “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.”




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