What were the Best Business Books of 2008? - Competitive Intelligence2024-03-28T12:40:34Zhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/forum/topics/what-were-the-best-business?commentId=2036441%3AComment%3A14186&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI really like the perspective…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-07-03:2036441:Comment:244842009-07-03T08:06:29.290ZCarlo Veltenhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/CarloVelten
I really like the perspective of Gunter Dueck - chief technologist of IBM. In his latest book he outlines a new way of doing business embedded in a sociological framework that envision a world with less stress. Nice read -<a href="http://tinyurl.com/mp7323">http://tinyurl.com/mp7323</a><br />
only problem -the book has not been translated to english yet - great job opportunity for writers:-)
I really like the perspective of Gunter Dueck - chief technologist of IBM. In his latest book he outlines a new way of doing business embedded in a sociological framework that envision a world with less stress. Nice read -<a href="http://tinyurl.com/mp7323">http://tinyurl.com/mp7323</a><br />
only problem -the book has not been translated to english yet - great job opportunity for writers:-) Snowball:Warren Buffet Biogra…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-07-03:2036441:Comment:244742009-07-03T07:13:29.530ZEric Camastrohttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/EricCamastro
Snowball:Warren Buffet Biography<br />
The Deciding Factor: The Power of Analytics to Make Every Decision a Winner<br />
Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me About Management (Gordon Binder-Amgen CEO)<br />
Drugs: From Discovery to Approval (Rick Ng)<br />
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression (Amity Shales)
Snowball:Warren Buffet Biography<br />
The Deciding Factor: The Power of Analytics to Make Every Decision a Winner<br />
Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me About Management (Gordon Binder-Amgen CEO)<br />
Drugs: From Discovery to Approval (Rick Ng)<br />
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression (Amity Shales) Hi Arik
I realize this is a d…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-02-24:2036441:Comment:172022009-02-24T15:32:15.716ZClaudia Claytonhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/ClaudiaClayton
Hi Arik<br />
I realize this is a dialog about books, but since one of the participants brought up the issue of pace, one way I stimulate my brain quickly is by reading Fast Company magazine. They have a web site too. Even when the innovations have nothing to do with my business categories, I get amazing ideas and see the most creative businesses doing new things. Overall, it helps me understand trends and sometimes even contains information pertinent to projects. And I can actually get myself to…
Hi Arik<br />
I realize this is a dialog about books, but since one of the participants brought up the issue of pace, one way I stimulate my brain quickly is by reading Fast Company magazine. They have a web site too. Even when the innovations have nothing to do with my business categories, I get amazing ideas and see the most creative businesses doing new things. Overall, it helps me understand trends and sometimes even contains information pertinent to projects. And I can actually get myself to read it in my "free" time. Hi Arik,
I have to say that…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-02-18:2036441:Comment:169292009-02-18T11:38:42.883ZAdrian Alvarezhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/AdrianAlvarez
Hi Arik,<br />
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I have to say that I admire you. I did not have the time to read as many books, as you. Maybe I read 10 in total and honestly not all are good... I liked the one on War Gaming of Ben, which by the way of comparison is much, much better than the one of Booz Allen and the one of the Swiss guys (this is specially bad considering that it is priced at or over US$100)... I have run some war games of my own and found Ben's book to have practical advice on how to actually run them, while the…
Hi Arik,<br />
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I have to say that I admire you. I did not have the time to read as many books, as you. Maybe I read 10 in total and honestly not all are good... I liked the one on War Gaming of Ben, which by the way of comparison is much, much better than the one of Booz Allen and the one of the Swiss guys (this is specially bad considering that it is priced at or over US$100)... I have run some war games of my own and found Ben's book to have practical advice on how to actually run them, while the one of Booz only tells you summaries of the findings of the war games they ran, which is fine with me, but they do not give you much advice on how to conduct the war game, which is what the reader would like to read, at least my wish was to see if I was missing something... The good of the Booz Allen is the fact that it is not expensive... Instead of purchasing the one of Swiss guys, I believe it is better to read the articles at CIM and save you the 100 bucks.<br />
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I read another book, which I found very good. It is an old one called strategy as action, which explains how to gain you succeed by using your interactions with competitors, depending on your resources position... It is not a new book, but was new to me and I found their approach as interesting...<br />
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Best regards,<br />
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Adrian Thanks for a good list, I hav…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-01-21:2036441:Comment:151402009-01-21T12:22:11.772ZMarcus Emnehttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/MarcusEmne
Thanks for a good list, I have to read The Game Changer and I would probably never have found the book presentationzen if not for your list.<br />
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A few thoughts, books are for teaching, entertainment and inspiration. Web cast as well, and to me TED has taken a quite big part of the time that I could spend in reading. Now, what would a list like yours look like in 5 years from now, given that we list media that fulfilled the teaching and inspiring aspect?<br />
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Best regards,<br />
Marcus
Thanks for a good list, I have to read The Game Changer and I would probably never have found the book presentationzen if not for your list.<br />
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A few thoughts, books are for teaching, entertainment and inspiration. Web cast as well, and to me TED has taken a quite big part of the time that I could spend in reading. Now, what would a list like yours look like in 5 years from now, given that we list media that fulfilled the teaching and inspiring aspect?<br />
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Best regards,<br />
Marcus Hi Arik,
Here is the Amazon…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-01-08:2036441:Comment:142052009-01-08T01:44:18.665ZEllen Naylorhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/EllenNaylor
Hi Arik,<br />
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Here is the Amazon link: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Presentations-Design-Creating-Communication/dp/0787996599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231378903&sr=1-1">http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Presentations-Design-Creating-Communication/dp/0787996599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231378903&sr=1-1</a><br />
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I bought a copy right away since I so appreciated his sensitive perspective on presentation creating taking into the mind the personality and…
Hi Arik,<br />
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Here is the Amazon link: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Presentations-Design-Creating-Communication/dp/0787996599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231378903&sr=1-1">http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Presentations-Design-Creating-Communication/dp/0787996599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231378903&sr=1-1</a><br />
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I bought a copy right away since I so appreciated his sensitive perspective on presentation creating taking into the mind the personality and motivation of those you will be talking to. He presents a 10 step "extreme presentation" process. Cheers, Ellen Thanks Marcia - there are sep…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-01-07:2036441:Comment:141882009-01-07T19:14:07.710ZArik Johnsonhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/ArikJohnson
Thanks Marcia - there are separate RSS feeds for blogs, forum and all-activity on the site, so you could push/pull pretty much anything anywhere with an open API. For example, we could setup a Twitter account for this site (or a few) that would pull the feed and auto-publish onto Twitter - or vice versa, <a href="http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/ArikJohnson">as I have done with my Twitter feed onto my profile page</a>. Pretty much anything is possible so I'd be very eager to…
Thanks Marcia - there are separate RSS feeds for blogs, forum and all-activity on the site, so you could push/pull pretty much anything anywhere with an open API. For example, we could setup a Twitter account for this site (or a few) that would pull the feed and auto-publish onto Twitter - or vice versa, <a href="http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/ArikJohnson">as I have done with my Twitter feed onto my profile page</a>. Pretty much anything is possible so I'd be very eager to figure out ways to spread the word more socially. Well done Rob - looking forwa…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-01-07:2036441:Comment:141862009-01-07T19:10:29.860ZArik Johnsonhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/ArikJohnson
Well done Rob - looking forward to your next work!
Well done Rob - looking forward to your next work! Thanks Mel - as usual, I didn…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-01-07:2036441:Comment:141842009-01-07T19:10:08.285ZArik Johnsonhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/ArikJohnson
Thanks Mel - as usual, I didn't read them all cover to cover or anything, but a few of them I did. Most got skimmed and then lent out.
Thanks Mel - as usual, I didn't read them all cover to cover or anything, but a few of them I did. Most got skimmed and then lent out. Well said Eric, but I think b…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2009-01-07:2036441:Comment:141822009-01-07T19:09:13.627ZArik Johnsonhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/ArikJohnson
Well said Eric, but I think books are still a unique form for exploring the contours of a central idea in a way that compel people to change the way they see the world around them.<br />
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I think that's why we have book clubs thriving today even as book stores face greater challenges. They're kind of the analog to how I think physical conferences are about to evolve in the years ahead: the scarce resource less represented by the ideas themselves as the human interaction of actually going somewhere…
Well said Eric, but I think books are still a unique form for exploring the contours of a central idea in a way that compel people to change the way they see the world around them.<br />
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I think that's why we have book clubs thriving today even as book stores face greater challenges. They're kind of the analog to how I think physical conferences are about to evolve in the years ahead: the scarce resource less represented by the ideas themselves as the human interaction of actually going somewhere offsite (no double entendre intended) to meet someone also interested in exploring those ideas. I think books are simple the best lens for collaborative study of new ideas - everyone reads the same title and then talks it over together.<br />
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Maybe we should have a book club group here, eh? Aw, heck - let's just make one and see:<br />
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<a href="http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/group/bookclub">http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/group/bookclub</a><br />
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Anyhoo... I'll grant that, the de facto credibility of the medium that is given authors by having a book published is diminishing as book publish<u>ing</u> decouples from book publish<u>ers</u> and acquisitions editors are no longer looked to as the vetting engine of the ideas themselves. In fact, online communities make for a far more rapidly iterative and immediate exchange of ideas to test them than the pontificating espousal of a single person's core thoughts happening without counterpoint by and between someone in whom a shared interested is invested... that is, editor and author.<br />
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Maybe our little CI community should do a collection of essays of our own as a crowdsourced e-book that we can all collectively edit, distribute electronically for free and then sell hard-copies of and donate the proceeds somewhere... the CI Foundation or another suitable charity, for example? Any thoughts?<br />
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For example, I'd love to do a collective work on the CI2020 idea Craig Fleisher and I are exploring at SCIP Chicago in an Active Dialog - what will CI look like in the year 2020... but maybe that's too speculatively sci-fi and abstract at this point for a book to evolve from? Something more concrete might be better... like: "How to Survive the Coming Upheaval" - that's got a ring to it.<br />
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- Arik