Book Summary – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse (An AR Enabled Guide to VR & AR)
First, consider how to describe this new world. Immersive tech expert Stephanie Llamas worries that AR/VR terminology confuses potential users. Many still use
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Book Summary – The Sense of Style (The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century)
Classic style differs from “practical style,” which people use to write memoranda or research papers, and from “plain style,” which
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Book Summary – Simply Said (Communicating Better at Work and Beyond)
Being persuasive requires having well-organized, properly structured content. Besides knowing your main message and your audience’s concerns, you must have
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Book Summary – Uninformed (Why People Know So Little About Politics and What We Can Do About It)
In response to information overload, many Americans have seemingly stopped trying to stay informed. Surveys show that people in the
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Book Summary – Leading Through Language (Choosing Words That Influence and Inspire)
Making sure people understand your terms is particularly important if you use assumption-driven jargon – where you presume the other
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Book Summary – Narrative and Numbers (The Value of Stories in Business)
Stories play to people’s emotions, which is why scammers rely on tall tales to take their victims’ money. But companies’
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Book Summary – Show Your Work (The Payoffs and How-To’s of Working Out Loud)
These easy-to-use, efficient tools can help you “work out loud” by helping you target where your work goes: “Social media”–
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Book Summary – Adaptive Space (How GM and Other Companies Are Positively Disrupting Themselves and Transforming into Agile Organizations)
Blockbuster dominated the movie rental industry with video tapes and then DVDs. It penalized customers with late fees, which became the basis of much
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Book Summary – What’s Your Competitive Advantage? (7 Strategies for Running a More Profitable Business in a Complex World)
The seven competitive strategies acknowledge the unknowability of the changes businesses face now and in the future. Each strategy can provide a competitive advantage if handled adroitly. But,
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Book Summary – Work Is Love Made Visible (A Collection of Essays About the Power of Finding Your Purpose from the World’s Greatest Thought Leaders)
Human resources expert Dave Ulrich urges leaders to become anthropologists of their organizations. He counsels that observing your firm from an outsider’s
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