Simple Strategy
How to Profit From Your Unique Business Advantage Derived from Richard Rumelt’s book Good Strategy, Bad Strategy. [easyazon-link asin=”0307886239″ locale=”us”]Buy Good Strategy Bad Strategy on Amazon[/easyazon-link] Simple Strategy from Geoff McDonald
Book Review: Infinite Possibilities by Pine and Korn
How to use Digital Technology to Create Unique Customer Experiences Derived from Joseph Pine and Kim Korn’s book Infinite Possibility. [easyazon-link asin=”160509563X” locale=”us”]Buy Infinite Possibility on Amazon[/easyazon-link] The Third Place from Geoff McDonald Book Summary and Review: Infinite Possibility The Book This Book Rapper summary is derived from Joseph Pine and Kim Korn; Infinite Possibility […]
Why is Optimism important? Optimism and Delusion
Here’s a video of my friend and colleague Helen Macdonald presenting an interesting take on leadership at TEDxMelbourne: The Balance of Optimism and Delusion. Her first point is about the epidemic we are all struggling with. An epidemic of positivity. How many times have you been told to look on the bright side of life? […]
Book Review: Dealing with the Tough Stuff
Darren Hill, Allison Hill and Dr Sean Richardson, Dealing with the Tough Stuff; Jossey-Bass; 2012. Disclaimer: This book was a gift from the authors. There’s an old saying ‘Don’t judge a book by it’s cover’. And, with this book I did – to my cost. I’m highly visual. In writing Book Rapper, I loiter around […]
The Fundamental Key to Personal and Business Growth
One of the joys of researching, writing and designing Book Rapper is that I learn as I create. I need to understand what I’m writing about to be able to share the key ideas simply and quickly. One of my key strategies is to look for the underlying principles. And in our latest issue ‘Mobilize Me – […]
Branding and The Truman Show
Whenever I go to networking events, I usually meet someone who knows me via Book Rapper. They greet me as if I’m a long lost friend. I love their warm welcome. And, it can be a little awkward when I don’t know who they are. The Truman Show Sometimes, I feel like Jim Carrey in The […]
Six Books I Like for October 2012
Which book should we RAP for October 2012? Here’s six books to select from. Last month we rapped Richard Rumelt’s Good Strategy, Bad Strategy. Here’s our six new contenders for October… Which one would you like us to RAP? Situations Matter Understanding how context transforms your world Sam Summers (Self Leadership) Do you want more control […]
Six Books I Like for September 2012
Which book should we RAP for September 2012? Here’s six books to select from. Last month we rapped Michael Saylor’s The Mobile Wave. Here’s our six new contenders for September… Which one would you like us to RAP? Courage Quotient How science can make you braver Robert Biswas-Diener (Self Leadership) Science shows us that […]
Gandhi and the Spiders
A Favourite Movie I watched one of my favourite movies last night… the 1982 spectacular ‘Gandhi’. Yep, it’s now 26 years old and given it won 8 Academy Awards it might be worth a look simply because it’s a good movie. It’s presented in pseudo documentary style and I presume, given it’s a David Attenborough […]
Book Review : Grow by Jim Stengel
The Book Jim Stengel; Grow : How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s 50 Greatest Companies; Virgin Books, Random House, 2011 Précis Consistent business growth and working to improve people’s lives go hand in hand. Features Lots of long and strong case studies. A simple five part framework for action. Based on substantial […]