Two books covered in this post; best is last… Via BusinessWeek I read about a new book called Exploiting Chaos by Toronto’s Jeremy Gutsche (founder of TrendHunter and apparently an all-around busy guy). The subtitle is “150 Ways to Spark Innovation in Times of Change.” Billed as a “visually delicious business book,” it looks like a great [...]
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Halfway through his review of Free: The Future of a Radical Price, it became totally clear to me. I mean, I always knew it but I didn’t appreciate the full implications until now. Malcolm Gladwell is essentially an entertainer. He writes to be read and enjoyed rather than to challenge and educate. He turns ideas into [...]
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by Brian on 01-21-2009
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This may or may not be interesting to anyone (I’m assuming it’s not) but I feel like I need to write this to get a more coherent sense of the influences that shaped my thinking. Or maybe that’s not it — I don’t really know why I feel like I need to write this, I just [...]
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