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Books

Zinsser's Writing to Learn

For those that caught my review of Zinsser's On Writing Well, you may have noticed that I mentioned picking up Zinsser's "Writing to Learn". This book is

Oct 21, 2008 · 1 min read
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Book Reviews

On Writing Well

I just finished reading the 30th Anniversary Edition of On Writing Well by William K. Zinsser and I'm wiser for having read it. I can sum this book up

Oct 17, 2008 · 2 min read
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Blog

Tyler Durden on Innovation

Do you know who Tyler Durden is? (hint: Brad Pitt played him in Fight Club). Lateral Action posted Tyler Durden's 8 Rules of Innovation recently (hat tip

Oct 15, 2008 · 1 min read
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Information Technology

PMI IT Special Interest Group Newsletter

I've had a book review published in the latest PMI Information Technology & Telecom Newsletter (download the PDF here).  You'll find my book review on

Oct 14, 2008 · 1 min read
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Innovation

Big ideas vs Little ideas

Would you rather have one great big idea or tons of little ideas? Me?  I'm fond of having a lot of little ideas. Why?  Little ideas are easier to

Oct 13, 2008 · 3 min read
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Leadership

Are you looking after your employees?

wanted to follow up my post titled "In a downturn, people are vital" with a few more thoughts on the subject. In that post, I said that "employees are

Oct 8, 2008 · 3 min read
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Human Resources

The Role of the CIO: Mentor

The latest edition of CIO Magazine has an interesting article titled "Power from Your People" written by Karan Sorenson, VP & CIO at Johnson &

Oct 6, 2008 · 1 min read
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Blog

In a downturn, people are vital

Management Issues had an article on Sept 25 titled "Looking after talent is vital in a downturn" that gave me hope when I saw the title. The article

Sep 30, 2008 · 2 min read
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Book Reviews

Think Better

The last book from my 'vacation reading list" is Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking by Tim Hurson. Some of you may remember a brief

Sep 26, 2008 · 3 min read
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Blog

Integrity

W. Clement Stone said: “Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys

Sep 24, 2008 · 3 min read
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Blog

I'm infamous

I'm quoted in the local newspaper regarding a local City Councilman and ex-teacher who bought a 'degree' from a diploma mill.

Sep 19, 2008 · 1 min read
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Book Reviews

Super Crunchers

I picked up Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to be Smart by Ian Ayres while on vacation...it looked like an interesting read...and

Sep 19, 2008 · 2 min read
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Blog

US Workers losing faith in Senior Leadership?

Management Issues (MI) reported today on a survey by Careerbuilder.com that says that many US workers are losing faith in their senior leaders.  MI

Sep 17, 2008 · 2 min read
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Blog

The Rise of the Creative Class

This book was recommended to me by an acquaintance a few weeks ago...I'm glad they mentioned it.  I grabbed this book to read while spending last week on

Sep 15, 2008 · 3 min read
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Blog

I'm #86!

Not everyone can be #1! :) Just a quick note that my little ol' blog made it in the top 100 on Noop.NL's list of Top 100 Blogs for Development Managers

Sep 14, 2008 · 1 min read