Imants Krezins | Reflections on Life, Growth and Digital

Writing as a way to witness one’s own growth

Imants Krezins — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:37:13 +0000

While going through the process of reviving this blog I decided to take some time to go through all my previous posts (below 70). It proved to be a very interesting experience. Firstly, I discovered how my language and writing style has changed over time. Secondly, I found some posts that I would write differently […]

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Publicis and Omnicom Group potential merger

Imants Krezins — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:17:56 +0000

Couple of days ago the world of advertisement was shaken by news that 2nd and 3rd world’s largest advertising networks are to merge and form the biggest network in the world called Publicis Omnicom Group. Current situation (arranged by revenue): WPP ~ $16b Omnicom Group ~ $14b Publicis Groupe ~ $9b IPG ~$7b If you’re not operating in the […]

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I’m back 2013

Imants Krezins — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:34:19 +0000

It has been a while – almost a year – since I paused my blogging activities. A lot of things have changed since then. This post is to announce that my inner boycott has ended and I’m back in the game for good. All technicalities (theme, design, domain, hosting, analytics) are sorted and ready for the […]

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Talking to Strangers (Event Review)

Imants Krezins — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:35:47 +0000

As part of our usual “let’s try something new” challenge with my friend Moses we went to an event called Talking to Strangers where as the title already suggests we interacted with people you see for the first time for a period of 3 hours. Usually you have a table of 4 people and after […]

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JavaScript: The Missing Manual (Book Review)

Imants Krezins — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:35:32 +0000

More and more I have felt the need to have a better understand of JavaScript, not just in Web development but also while implementing Web analytics solutions, therefore I did some research and found this to be the best book for building a solid foundation of JavaScript. This book mainly relies on the most popular […]

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The Brand You 50 (Book Review)

Imants Krezins — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:43:06 +0000

Are you serious about your professional and personal growth? Do you want to become more than just an average employee? Do you want make sure than when a crisis touches your company you’re ready? If the answer is yes, then this is a book to read. Its interesting to learn how there are books and […]

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The One Thing You Need to Know (Book Review)

Imants Krezins — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:15:28 +0000

The second book (out of four) of Marcus Buckingham that I’ve read and although the information was valuable it was not event close what the author presented in First, Break All The Rules (I’m not talking about the increased page margins and increased line heights), it’s still something I would recommend reading. The book starts with […]

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First, Break All The Rules (Book Review)

Imants Krezins — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:03:52 +0000

Although an international best-seller doesn’t necessary mean that it is great (it only tells that it is popular), in this case it certainly does. Author Marcus Buckingham a former leader of The Gallup Group doesn’t simply offer his opinions, but rather a compact information gems. Imagine – 25 years of study, over one million interviews across […]

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Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice (Book Review)

Imants Krezins — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:33:55 +0000

A book that was recommend by Dorothea Stuart and the timing couldn’t have been more perfect since the topic of this book aligned with the topic which I’m preparing a new training program on. As the subtitle of the book suggests the main premise will be that that there is no such thing as talent and […]

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What’s Stopping You? (Book Review)

Imants Krezins — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:57:31 +0000

In three words – a page turner – and formula for that is to mix an interesting topic (at least for me) – personal development with an engaging writing style and adding personal experience on the top. For the purpose of this book author Robert Kelsey adopts the idea of dividing people into two main categories, […]

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