tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247334902009-06-13T00:14:57.870-05:00Thoughts on business development and strategyRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08737058947889623029noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24733490.post-57637124453085218542008-10-15T17:51:00.003-05:002008-10-15T21:52:10.133-05:00

It's always a good idea to revisit how we do things in business in addition to what we do and why we do it. Thomas Friedman takes us through a brief revisit of Dov Seidman's excellent book, "How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything in Business (and in Life)" and relates the topics discussed by Seidman to the current global economic crisis.The central theme of the book is that in today's

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Eleven new RSS feeds featuring some of the most popular subject areas have just been created. Now you can keep track of new articles by subject by subscribing to any one of the feeds below:Full Feed (All articles)New feeds:BooksBusinessCommunicationEthicsFinanceHRManagementMarketingMotivationPerformanceProductivityUse the new feeds to keep track of the latest content in any given topic area

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In order to stand out from your competition, you’ll need to find new and unique ways to challenge your thinking about traditional business practices, whether it’s your marketing, operations, HR, or finance strategies for example. As you can tell from this article's title, the purpose here is not to recommend an oversimplified book on business with a catchy title and a ‘top-seller’ or ‘

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If you've read Seymour Schulich's recent book, Get Smarter, you will have surely read the section in which Schulich, a self-made billionaire and philanthropist, outlines how he deals with making difficult choices in life. He calls this approach the "Decision-maker."Schulich's Decision-maker is essentially a weighted list of the pros and cons of a specific decision. However, don't let its bare

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If the holidays have given you a chance to catch up on some reading, and you have no idea where to start, the 800-CEO-Read-Blog website has put together a list of the top business books of 2006. In addition to being able to vote for your favourite title at the website, you might also find a great title among the list that you hadn't previously heard of.Selections include popular titles such as

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I'm currently reading the latest from Malcolm Gladwell, entitled Blink. I've had this book for a few months and am finally getting the chance to actually read it.The book talks about the power of "thin slicing," or of our natural ability to eliminate any extraneous information in order to make a decision or reach a conclusion quickly. Gladwell writes about how this ability that we have to

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