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"Abundance, Asia, and Automation." According to A Whole New Mind author Dan Pink (and Big Moo co-author), there is a good chance that without certain preventative measures your career will suffer because of one of these forces.
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future – Dan Pink
In order to compete against the three As of the future, it is necessary to develop your right-brain thinking. According to Pink, your brain can be adjusted and you can survive the “Conceptual Age” if you cultivate a series of new “senses”: design, story, symphony, empathy, play,...
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You have the power to read minds, and with Malcolm Gladwell’s help, you’ll come to realize that you already do. Gladwell translates original research into an engaging series of illustrations that take the reader from speed dating to the golf course to the emergency room.
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking – Malcolm Gladwell
Gladwell translates original research into an engaging series of illustrations that take the reader from speed dating to the golf course to the emergency room. Gladwell argues that by “thinking small” and focusing on the meaning of "thin...
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Mavericks at Work
In a hyper-competitive marketplace, "playing it safe" is no longer playing it smart. Mavericks at Work is a rare collection of really smart, revealing, case studies that will challenge your definition of business. These mavericks include: Cirque de Soleil, Commerce Bank, Pixar, Anthropologie, Southwest Airlines, Jones Soda, Apple Computer and Craigslist.
They have different reasons for being but what unites them is originality, passion and self-knowledge., In an economy defined by overcapacity, oversupply, and sensory overload the only way to stand out is to stand for a truly...
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Meatball Sundae
Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing Out of Sync – Seth Godin
Blogs, e-mail, YouTube videos, MySpace pages, Google AdWords . . . New Marketing is here and you’re probably thinking you’re late, or worse, clueless. But wait! According to Seth Godin, all these tactics are like so many toppings at an ice cream parlor.
But what if your ice-cream is actually a meatball? Yuck! With Seth’s one-foot-in the future wit, , one foot in your back nudging to keep you reading, Meatball Sunday is everyman’s guide to the transition from traditional to new marketing complete with...
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NBC Nightly News Features Shelby Davis and His Mission to Send International Students (1,424 and counting) to U.S. Colleges Airs “U.S. Scholarships Bridge Cultural Divides,” on May 9th, 2008. New York, NY - On September 11th, 2001, Shelby Davis had scheduled a board meeting for his mutual fund, Davis Select Advisors, on the 91st floor of the Twin Towers. Only by chance was the meeting relocated to Chicago for that day.
In the wake of this brush with tragedy, Davis recommitted his life to creating a radical new form of philanthropy to promote international understanding.
The...
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