In 1981, Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson published The One Minute Manager. It is one of the best-selling and most translated business books of all time. Since then, Blanchard has published many variations on the subject. All of these begin with a fable, followed by specific applications, concepts, and teaching points that are relevant to… Read More The New One Minute Manager Cracks the List
On Friday, August 5, I present a synopsis of the best-selling business book, Small Data: The Tiny Clues that Unocover Huge Trends” (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2016) at the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas. You can register by clicking HERE. But, you may not know much about the author, Martin Lindstrom. Here is… Read More Do You Know Martin Lindstrom?
Only one new book debuted on the Wall Street Journal business best-selling list, published on July 16-17, p. C10. The book is entitled Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio Garcia Martinez (New York: Harper, 2016). The book was distributed on June 28, 2016, and debuted at # 5 in the… Read More Why Chaos Monkeys Flew in to the Best-Seller List at # 5
On Friday, June 3, I present the best-selling book, Sprint: Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016) at the First Friday Book Synopsis at the Park City Club in Dallas. The authors are Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz. All are associated with… Read More 5 Days to New Ideas: Key Image
On Friday, June 3, I present the best-selling book, Sprint: Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016) at the First Friday Book Synopsis at the Park City Club in Dallas. To obtain information and register, click HERE. Here is a brief biography of each of the… Read More SPRINT Authors Have Diverse Backgrounds
The new book by Chris Anderson, TED: Guide to Public Speaking (Houghton Mifflin, 2016), rocketed to the #3 position in its debut week on the Wall Street Journal best-selling hardcover business list, published on May 21-22 (p. C14). We rely on the New York Times business best-seller list as our primary source for selecting books… Read More Anderson’s TED Book Has Strong Debut
Here is a new word in the dictionary – “phubbing.” It means maintaining eye contact while texting. I read this on page 4 in Sherry Turkle’s RECLAIMING CONVERSATION that I present this Friday at the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas at the Park City Club. So, are you are a “phubber?” And, are you… Read More Are You a Phubber?
People say you are in the newspaper three times: when you are born, when you marry, and when you die. Today, we are featured in the Dallas Morning News in a Business section column by Cheryl Hall. The article describes our First Friday Book Synopsis at the Park City Club in Dallas. Use this link… Read More Book Synopsis Featured in Dallas Morning News
Michael Hyatt wrote Platform in 2012, a book that we presented at the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas. He also is a former chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, for which he aggressively launched an e-Book and digital business. He now works with online content services. Despite his history, in a recent post, he… Read More Hyatt’s Reasons for Reading on Paper Instead of on a Screen
What does it say about Americans when a book about Social Security zooms to the top of the best-seller lists? I say we are just insecure. Or uninformed. Or panicky. Or lots of things. As a elixir, book readers are buying Get What’s Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security (Simon & Schuster,… Read More Get What’s Yours Rise to the Top Demonstrates Our Insecurity
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