Tag: The Shallows

Innovation, Innovation Everywhere – and Not a Drop to Drink in so many companies/organizations

The jury came in long ago.  No change, no innovation = real trouble for any and every organization. From Gary Hamel, What Matters Now (notice the subtitle:  How to win in a world of relentless change, ferocious competition, and unstoppable innovation): Innovation isn’t a fad—it’s the real deal, the only deal. Right now, not everyone… Read More Innovation, Innovation Everywhere – and Not a Drop to Drink in so many companies/organizations

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The Never-Finished Book: Problems with Perpetual In-Progress Revising

  One of the most popular books for our CCN on-site presentations last year was The Shallows:  What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains” by Nicholas Carr (New York:  Norton, 2010).  In that book, he discusses how the Internet tinkers with the brain, reamps its neural circuitry, and reprograms the memory.  While the mind… Read More The Never-Finished Book: Problems with Perpetual In-Progress Revising

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Blah, Blah, Blah & Demand – December Choices for the First Friday Book Synopsis

We had a terrific session yesterday at the November, 2011 First Friday Book Synopsis.  Karl Krayer presented his synopsis of The Shallows, and I presented my synopsis of the new book by Jim Collins, Great by Choice.  It was a valuable session.  Both books were terrific, and I view Great by Choice as an important… Read More Blah, Blah, Blah & Demand – December Choices for the First Friday Book Synopsis

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The Productivity Challenge Of This Era

Important announcement from the Ministry of Gossip:  THE GOSPEL ON CELEBRITY AND POP CULTURE PREACH IT! Prince declares Internet ‘completely over,’ Web somehow continues to function ——- I’ve got a problem.  I can’t get my work done.  Or, at least, I’m not getting it done.  It’s not that I am not “at work.”  It is… Read More The Productivity Challenge Of This Era

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