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Books Update

by David on June 27, 2010

If you remember my “I’m not a mutltitasker” post. I tried to read more than one at a time, and this is what happened. It took me too long to finish books. So here is my update. From the past (…)

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Go buy this…

by David on June 10, 2010

I am not a multitask-er…

by David on May 9, 2010

So I obviously haven’t posted in a while… My main reason for this is the fact that I haven’t finished a book completely since Rework. (which was very good) I thought about it further and realized that I have been (…)

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Rework – A Book Report

by David on April 20, 2010

9/10 Jason Fried & David Hansson Disclaimer :: I finished this book a few weeks ago but haven’t written a blog review yet because I can’t figure a way to do a better job describing this book than FAST COMPANY (…)

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“Everything Bad is Good for You” – A Book Report

by David on April 18, 2010

By Steve Johnson 7/10 Special Thanks: thank you to Joel Busby for letting me borrow this from his library. Elevator Pitch: With the increase of technology, new mediums like the internet and video games, culture is actually getting more complex, (…)

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Chief Culture Officer

by David on March 22, 2010

6/10 Elevator Pitch: The greatest need of the American Business is an officer in the Executive suite whose job is to keep an eye on the pulse of the culture in which they exist. They should have trumping power over (…)

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“Drive” by Daniel Pink

by David on March 14, 2010

by Daniel Pink 9/10 Elevator Pitch: The current system of motivating employees is broken. Science has proved that just offering more money doesn’t work, but business hasn’t followed suit. People will do their best work when the have Autonomy, Mastery (…)

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Kolbe Certification Conference – and two more books…

by David on February 5, 2010

What a week, What a week… This week i spent out in Phoenix, AZ becoming certified for Kolbe. Kolbe, if you don’t know will change your world. It will definitely change the way you work, think, interact, breathe, and just (…)

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Linchpin – A Early Release Book Review

by David on January 21, 2010

by Seth Godin 7/10 Elevator Pitch: Some people are valuable, but if you want to be invaluable, or even indispensable, you have to be a linchpin. Linchpins are so vital to the organization that you wouldn’t be able to replace (…)

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Just got this in the mail…

by David on January 12, 2010

Seth Godin – Linchpin Exciting lessons to follow… Thanks seth and Acumen fund for all you do…