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Tag Archives: tech companies
Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 4)
This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 Today we look at Chapter Two. “Social Media = Preventive Behaviour” Erik starts out Chapter two with a look at how Social Media can effect our jobs, and our lives. He talks about … Continue reading
Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 3)
This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 Today we continue our look at Chapter One. “Search Engines and Social Media” The authors continue to make interesting observations through the next few sections as they note the changes that the Internet … Continue reading
Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 2)
This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 Today we continue our look at Chapter One. “Who Cares What You Are Doing?” I can’t count the number of times that I have had people ask me why I bother with Facebook, … Continue reading
Socialnomics – How social media transforms our lives and businesses (Part 1)
This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Socialnomics-Social-Media-Transforms-Business/dp/1118232658 I find that it is always a good idea to have more than one book on the go. When one book starts to drag, you can switch to the other one to keep … Continue reading
“Mistakes were made (but not by me)”: Part 4
This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Mistakes-Were-Made-But-Not/dp/0156033909 Today we are going to finish our look at Chapter 1, “Cognitive Dissonance: The Pyramid of Choice.” “The Pyramid of Choice” refers to a very important concept that we have all experienced and … Continue reading
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“Mistakes were made (but not by me)”: Part 3
This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Mistakes-Were-Made-But-Not/dp/0156033909 Today we are going to continue to look at Chapter 1, “Cognitive Dissonance: Spirals of Violence – and Virtue.” “Spirals of Violence” refers to the fact that many of us believe or have … Continue reading
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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 10 – The final post
This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html I’m going to wind things up on wankers today with a look at the final chapter: “Right but not successful” I’ve skipped a few chapters to get here so consider them homework. This … Continue reading
“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 9
This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 7: “Human Resources: Friend or Foe?” Lets start this post with a quote from page 95: “HR folks are decent, hard-working and well-meaning people, but without … Continue reading
“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 8
This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 7: “Commoditizing Leadership” This chapter is all about the infinite number of books that have been written by successful industry leaders with a solution to all … Continue reading
Would you work at a company like this?
Buy this book here: http://www.amazon.ca/100-Days-judgement-killed-Nortel-ebook/dp/B00CD36GL4 I am currently reading a book called 100 days which details the events that lead to the decline of one of Canada’s most successful companies. It is obvious from this book and Ibrahim’s book, that … Continue reading