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A list of resources for new interns or staff to learn from in the first 45 days
The world is changing much more rapidly than most people realize, says business educator Eddie Obeng -- and creative output cannot keep up. In this spirited talk, he highlights three important changes we should understand for better productivity, and calls for a stronger culture of "smart failure."
Today's business problems can be impossible to define, let alone solve. A look at the abilities and approaches that can help us navigate the hazy territory of today's marketplace. Everywhere you turn there is talk of innovation: books, conferences, websites, seminars. But too much of this chatter makes innovation out to be the end rather than the means.
This is an excerpt from the book ZAG: The #1 Strategy of High-Performance Brands by Marty Neumeier Build your brand from the inside out. www.neutronllc.com
http://www.ted.com In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.
This document contains the results analysis and insights from a two-year experiment comparing the effects and ROI of cold calling to social media prospecting. Q
Welcome to episode #326 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast . Rebecca Lieb was on the show a while back to promote her business book, Content Marketing - Think Like a Publisher - How to Use Content to Marketing Online and in Social Media (you can listen to that conversation right here: SPOS #316 - Content Marketing And The New Advertising With Rebecca Lieb).
The result: in today's increasingly volatile business environment, without the priorities of the living company, most managers will find that their companies do not have the habits to accomplish what they hope to achieve.
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♦ INTERACTIVE CASE: Watch a video about this unique market-research methodology, vote on the experts' advice, and offer your own advice. Twenty-nine-year-old Drew Mobley, sweating under his summer suit, checked his watch. It was 3:45 on a hot afternoon, and his CEO, Tibal Fisher, was running very late.
Perhaps the greatest challenge business leaders face today is how to stay competitive amid constant turbulence and disruption. Any company that has made it past the start-up stage is optimized for efficiency rather than for strategic agility-the ability to capitalize on opportunities and dodge threats with speed and assurance.
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TEDxEast INTERCONNECTIVITY - 11.11.10: -Nancy Duarte- That Resonates with Me! Why are some presentations spellbinding and some not? Well, this is the question Nancy Duarte takes on as she shares with the audience the secret of an excellent presentation. In this fascinating talk Nancy Duarte explains the model that she developed for designing transformative presentations.
http://www.ted.com Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.
Official transcript at http://sivers.org/ff --- If you've learned a lot about leadership and making a movement, then let's watch a movement happen, start to finish, in under 3 minutes, and dissect some lessons: A leader needs the guts to stand alone and look ridiculous. But what he's doing is so simple, it's almost instructional.
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