Tag: Charles Duhigg

Reverse Innovation; Abundance – Our 2 Books for the July 6 First Friday Book Synopsis

We had a wonderful gathering this morning for the June 1 First Friday Book Synopsis.  Karl Krayer presented his synopsis of All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton.  I presented the best-selling and much-talked-about The Power of Habit: Why We Do… Read More Reverse Innovation; Abundance – Our 2 Books for the July 6 First Friday Book Synopsis

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The Power of Habit, & All In – Coming for the June, 2012 First Friday Book Synopsis

How do we keep getting better at what we do?  One way is to keep a commitment to the task, the discipline, of life-long learning.  And so we keep learning, and then try to put this learning into practice. To quote Peter Drucker, we all need to cultivate and maintain the “habit of continuous learning.”… Read More The Power of Habit, & All In – Coming for the June, 2012 First Friday Book Synopsis

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We Need More Good Stories, with Fewer Simple Chronicles

You might not realize it, but you are a creature of an imaginative realm called Neverland.  Neverland is your home, and before you die, you will spend decades there.  Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal:  How Stories Make Us Human If you say, “The queen died, and the king died,” that is a chronicle. If you… Read More We Need More Good Stories, with Fewer Simple Chronicles

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From Celine Dion to OutKast – Melding the Brand New with the Familiar (insight from Charles Duhigg and Jonah Lehrer)

“People listen to Top 40 because they want to hear their favorite songs or songs that sound like their favorite songs.  When something different comes on, they’re offended.  They don’t want anything unfamiliar.” Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit Here’s a tidbit from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg.  The issue is how a… Read More From Celine Dion to OutKast – Melding the Brand New with the Familiar (insight from Charles Duhigg and Jonah Lehrer)

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What are your Organizational Habits? – (Insight from Duhigg and Hamel)

I am presenting two new business books to different groups this week.  One, What Matters Now by Gary Hamel, at the First Friday Book Synopsis.  The other, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, to a private client (I will present it this summer at the First Friday Book Synopsis).  These books agree in a… Read More What are your Organizational Habits? – (Insight from Duhigg and Hamel)

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Three Crucial Roles that Can Create Business Success (A Case Study about Apple from the NY Times)

{This is prompted by a terrific article, with many images that add insight, in the New York Times about Apple:  How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work by Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher.  Both Tyler Cowen and Paul Krugman have praised this article.  Cowen says it deserves one of the Sidney Awards from David Books: … Read More Three Crucial Roles that Can Create Business Success (A Case Study about Apple from the NY Times)

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