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Book Review: Never Eat Alone — with Keith Ferrazzi
It has to be said, that Ferrazzi knows the art of pulling together the right people inside out and that his single chapter of tips on running successful dinner parties probably makes up for more substance than some entire magazines devoted to solely that topic. Though some of Ferrazzi’s advice may need some adjustment to your particular cultural environment, but following his guidelines building your own brand by neither giving in to hubris, nor getting boring, will inevitably allow you to get along with other people more joy- and success-fully in your own life. Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Books, Business & Economy, Customer Experience, Eating Out, Education, Events, Free, Junior Chamber International (JCI), Keith Ferrazzi, Organisations, People, Places, Sales & PR, Semantic Web & Web 2.0, Social Networking, Start-Up, TED Conference, USA, Wirtschaftsjunioren
Tagged book review, business networks, Keith Ferrazzi, networking events, never eat alone, Success, successful dinner party
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An Opposable Mind: Business Week interview with Roger Martin on "Integrated Thinking™ " as an approach to solving complex problems
Integrative Thinking is largely a tacit skill in the heads of people who have cultivated their opposable mind. ‘IT’ shows us a way past the binary limits of ‘either/or.’ Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Business & Economy, off-site, Places, Podcasting, Podcasts, Roger "Dean" Martin, USA, Video
Tagged complex problems, design thinking, integrated thinking, opposable mind, problem solving, Roger Martin, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
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OUTSIDE INnovation by Patty Seybold
I highly admire Patricia ‘Patty’ B. Seybold’s latest work Outside INnovation.
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0061135909?tag2=bnnempfehlung-21 Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll, Books, Business & Economy, Corporate Blogging, Customer Experience, Education, New Products, Patricia 'Patty' B. Seybold, People, Sales & PR, Technology, Test, Weblogging
Tagged book review, customer focused, customer focused innovation, innovation, outside innovation, Patricia 'Patty' B. Seybold, user centered
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Jens Kunath: Answering my Start-Up Founder-Type Question on his Blog
Jens Kunath answers my question about investor-preferred founder types on his blog. Continue reading
Posted in Business & Economy, Jens Kunath, Start-Up
Tagged Entrepreneurship, Founder's Skills, VC Evaluation
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Buzz: Semantic Web in The Economist and on Tim’s Radar
My thoughts on Tim O'Reilly’s recent blog entries about the Semantic Web perception, reality and how to build it. Continue reading →