How to Be the Apple of Your Industry
In this Book Rapper episode we discuss an important business book. Today we’re talking about Apple, and how to be the Apple of your industry. This is episode 034 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Our Topic: Apple Design Our episode today is derived from the fabulous book Design Like Apple by John Edson. John is […]
World Class Leader
Geoff McDonald discusses what it takes to be a world class leader based on nine of the best leadership books ever written. This is episode 032 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Our Topic: World Class Leader How effective are you as a leader? There are two distinct parts to this question. How well do you […]
Review Your Performance
Review Your Work Do you ever stop and review how far you’ve come? Recently, I’ve updated a few old issues of Book Rapper for a client. When I say old, they were done 3-4 years ago. Seems like forever! Basically, I was converting the read rap or the pdf into a set of slides, a […]
Tribal Leadership: Book Review
The Tribal Leadership Book Dave Logan, John King and Halee Fischer-Wright Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization Resource-filled website : TribalLeadership.net The Big Idea Culture trumps all. And, cultures are built on the words people use to describe their worlds. Shift the words and you’ll shift actions and the tribe itself. […]
Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In Book Review
Who is Sheryl Sandberg? Sheryl Sandberg is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. Her TED Talk, Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders, has been viewed by more then 3,000,000 people. She serves on several boards, has a BA and MBA from Harvard and is married with two children. Previously, Sheryl Sandberg was Vice President […]
Sell Your Ideas: Six Success Principles
Sell Your Ideas: Six Success Principles for Giving Your Idea a Potent Twist Welcome to Episode 021 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Our Topic: Sell Your Ideas Geoff McDonald shares a Book Rapper recording from one of his favorite books. In this episode Geoff takes the ideas from the brothers Chip and Dan Heath’s best […]
How to Think Right – Podcast
Welcome to Episode 012 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Our Topic… Geoff McDonald shares a Book Rapper recording. In this episode he takes the ideas from Daniel Pink’s best selling book A Whole New Mind and raps them for you in under 30 minutes. In this Podcast Episode… Geoff talks about: How the past few […]
How to Think Right Slideshow
Daniel Pink’s best selling book A Whole New Mind provides a simple and clear roadmap for building your career. He suggests that left brain skills are important and no longer enough. Instead, the world is swinging to the right. And, the right brain skills of empathy, design, symphony, play, stories and meaning are becoming increasingly […]
15 Things to Tweet About
Okay, you’re sitting in front of your computer or your smartphone or tablet is in your hand. Twitter is open on your browser and… now what? What are you going to tweet about? Here’s some thoughts to get you started… 1. What am I doing? : Your challenge is not to be literal and boring. […]
The Three Biggest Reasons to Blog
As William Shakespeare might have said (if he’d been alive today), “To blog or not to blog: that is the question”. If you want an online voice for yourself, your business, or your organization, your blog is your personal newspaper, radio and TV channel rolled into one. 1 Self Expression It’s been estimated over 100 […]