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 […]
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 […]
Interview with Eric Knight – Reframe
Recently, we rapped Eric Knight’s book Reframe: How to Solve the World’s Trickiest Problems. And, I had the good fortune to meet with Eric in Sydney and do an interview with him. In the two-minute video, Eric gives a quick overview of his book. And, in the 25 minute audio interview we go into more […]
Book Review: Business Model Generation
The Book Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder (left) and Yves Pigneur (right). Co-Authors Yves Pigneur was Alexander’s PhD supervisor. And, this book was born out of that collaboration. Co-created with 470 practitioners from 45 countries. Who is it For? To quote the book cover: “Visionaries, game-changers and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and […]
Five Books I Like
Here’s five of the six books we’re looking at rapping as Book Rapper’s next issue. The sixth book is Heidi Grant Halvorson’s 9 Things Successful People Do, which we previously mentioned here. Demand Creating What People Love Before They Know They Want It Adrian Slywotzky Why do some products succeed and others fail? This book […]
Seven Steps to Business Model Innovation
Recently, I ran a webinar with organisational strategist Norman Chorn on Business Model Innovation. It was an extension to the Book Rapper issue The Business Model Game, as derived from Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur’s fabulous book Business Model Generation. Whilst the plan was to share our full recording, Camtasia has spat the dummy again […]
The Book Rapper Promotional Postcards
The four essential elements to create a Promotional Postcard Promotional postcards are a great way to stand out in an era of digital technology and social media because they are counter to or opposite to what most people are doing. In this example, I share a recent promotional postcard I created for the Book Rapper […]
Book Rapper Hits 50,000 Downloads
Stunning News! This very morning, the 50,000th issue of Book Rapper has just been downloaded. How cool is that! What this means is… This is the number of Book Rapper issues downloaded from the Book Rapper web server according to the web stats. It doesn’t include issues downloaded from other websites, passed on by email or […]
Seven Big Ideas You Can’t Ignore in 2012
What are the big ideas that are going to have the biggest impact on you and your business in 2012? Is it social media and Google+ or Pinterest? Is it the demise of the US and the rise of BRIC? Is Julia Gillard a big idea? What about Wikileaks? What impact will this have on […]