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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

Would you like to have read the best 50 books on sales, marketing, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and self-improvement? Just imagine all the insights and lessons you would have learned and how that would have helped you in your business career. But how much time would it have taken?

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Listen to Employees When Evaluating Leadership

Adam Hartung

A Banks jumped onto the list as #4 in 2013. And, of course, Radio Shack made the list in 2012 (#3,) 2013 (#5) and 2014 (#11) only to file bankruptcy in 2015. Employees have consistently expressed their dismay with CEO Ed Lampert, and 80% actively dislike his leadership. In 2013 the stock rose to $85 as it made the list #3.

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Rethinking the CMO Role

Carla Johnson

If you’ve worked in marketing long, this isn’t news. In 2013, the Business Marketing Association and Forrester did research about how CMOs stood at the crossroads. It’s a position rife with constantly changing expectations yet most often lacks the necessary support to ensure its success.

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Why We Are Entering A New Innovation Era.

Paul Hobcraft

Increasingly we are seeing a growing dissatisfaction on the impact that innovation is having; in growth, in returns, in market and customer impact. Posted on August 20, 2013. We argue that innovation almost always impacts three constituents: the customer, the competitors or markets they are in and the innovator themselves.

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Leading Experts Share Challenges in Human Resources During the Pandemic and Trends in Employee Health and Wellness

Business and Tech

Chris McLaughlin Chief Marketing Officer, LumApps. However, increased employee engagement is not something that leadership can simply squeeze out of their employees; it’s something they will willingly give when working in a culture that excites them and supports what they need to be their most productive self. NS: Talk to them.

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Digital Factory

Technology Created

This requires some investment up front to be sure and thoughtful leadership but the end result is a win-win for everyone involved. The key is to ensure you’re addressing the sweet spot for a market solution when you develop your model. 1] “Ford Model T.” Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Apr. 2] “The Model T Put the World on Wheels.”

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A $7.6B Write-off Plus Layoffs Is Never a Good Sign Microsoft

Adam Hartung

I predicted here in this blog the week Steve Ballmer announced the acquisition of Nokia in September, 2013 that it was “a $7.2B Because between 2011 and 2013 Nokia had already lost half its market share. Why would any developer build an app for a Windows phone, when almost the entire market was iOS or Android?