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Date Archives → November 2008
Gradually…Then Suddenly
For those of you who have been following me for long know that Tom Peters has been one of my heroes for a long time. Tom was kind enough to write the foreword for my book “Beyond Code“. As of today, I will be contributing regularly to the TomPeters.com blog. My first entry talks about… Continue reading
Feedback – You need it to surive and to thrive
Feedback is such a natural thing that happens in our daily life. Sometimes it is so natural that we don’t even notice it. Take a simple example of getting a glass of water to drink. First you need to place the glass below the faucet. The eyes have to provide feedback to the brain about… Continue reading
Thanksgiving Wishes – Please download the full version of "Beyond Code" FREE
This Thanksgiving I wanted to do something that is timely and meaningful. So I convinced my publishers that I will give away the full version of my book “Beyond Code” (foreword by Tom Peters) for free. Thanks to Kenzi Sugihara at Select Books, at this end of this post you will see a link to… Continue reading
Mini Saga #28 – Competition
Tracking your competition is important, but… Competition Rick was obsessed with the moves of a key competitor. He aggressively re-engineered the startup’s product to match the competitor’s offering. The competitor fought back too. After a few years of dog fight, both companies closed down citing lack of customer traction. Unfortunately, the customer was missing from… Continue reading
Beyond Code reviewed at Elegant Code
Book recommendations for Middle Managers…
Jurgen Appelo has a neat little book recommendation project going. The recommended books are targeted at middle managers or people who are aspiring to be one. The recommendations are collected based on bestseller lists from Amazon, # of comments, # of ratings and number of Google search results for the title of the book. Here… Continue reading
What should a printing company do in a green world?
There is so much talk about going and being green. I see so many emails that ask me to “print responsibly”. What would a printing company do in this environment? It would be odd if they start asking people to print “irresponsibly”. That won’t work. One way is to help people create more materials that… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #198 – Don't focus on the "derivative" at the expense of the "core"
First everyone is working on one or more big projects – actually at least two of them – one in professional life and one in personal life. Every big project is typically made up of several sub-projects or we can call them derivatives of the core project. Depending on the nature and scope of the… Continue reading