by dustin | Jul 7, 2006 | Blogging, books, Church, Technology
If you’re strongly involved in a church, you might be wondering how this new world of Cluetrain, word-of-mouth, and Web 2.0 affects the church body. Bill Kinnon has written (and recorded) an excellent book addressing this topic, A Networked Conspiracy: Social...
by dustin | Jul 7, 2006 | books
Andrew Hargadon gives 5 simple secrets (therefore, by his own definition, it’s a prescriptive post) of how to read a business book. It’s the most straight-forward, sensible approach I’ve seen. Now go blow through that pile of business books...
by dustin | Jun 23, 2006 | Blogging, books, Creativity
If you haven’t noticed, Kevin Carroll is blogging. How’s that for asking and receiving? If you’re not familiar with Kevin, he’s the author of Rules of the Red Rubber Ball. It’s a great book which Kevin appropriately dubs “the little...
by dustin | Jun 23, 2006 | Advertising, Blogging, books, Business Interview, Human Resources, Seth Godin
DUST!N So, we’re segueing into your book, Warriors, Workers, Whiners & Weasels and you have an accompanying blog with that, which is blog.warriorsandweasels.com. Can you tell me a little bit about the book? Tim Well, it’s a management philosophy that...
by dustin | Jun 16, 2006 | Advertising, books, Branding, Marketing
This week, I had the opportunity to talk with Tim O’Leary over the phone. Tim is the CEO of Respond2, an advertising agency who admits traditional ads no longer work. Instead of creating entertainment and labeling it “branding” or simply settling for...
by dustin | Jun 16, 2006 | books, Human Resources, longform, Seth Godin, Tom Peters!
Two posts by Big-Time Gurus recently addressed the same point. 1. Tom Peters: Old story. But never an old story. I went to Whole Foods and Starbucks back-to-back yesterday afternoon. No holes: Every (EVERY—perhaps 6?) staff member was pleasant, chatty, informed, etc....