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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials)
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- By Squeezed Contributor
- February 4, 2012
- Management, Marketing, Sales
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Unlock key behaviors of customers by understanding: reciprocity, consistency & commitment, likability, authority, social proof, scarcity
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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- By Squeezed Contributor
- February 4, 2012
- Innovations, Management
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Predicting the future is largely impossible. Random successes or failures are often the beneficiary of explanation in hindsight. "Black Swans" are the extreme events that contribute to random successes or failures that are near impossible to predict.
The Paradox of Choice
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- By Squeezed Contributor
- February 4, 2012
- Innovations, Marketing
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Too many choices equates with less satisfaction. The difference between "Maximizers" and "Satisficers" is a wide chasm that business leaders would do well to understand.
The Wisdom of Crowds
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- By Squeezed Contributor
- February 4, 2012
- Innovations, Leadership
- 6 comments
Groups can be remarkably intelligent - and together the intelligence of a group is often much more intelligent than smartest people in them. These groups don't even need to be led by the smartest or most intelligent people to produce remarkable results.
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials) Summary
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- By Squeezed Contributor
- February 4, 2012
- Entrepreneurship, Innovations, Management
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Innovation regularly displaces market incumbents. Market incumbents usually don't act until the moment has past.
Outliers: The Story of Success Summary
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- By Squeezed Contributor
- February 4, 2012
- Entrepreneurship, Innovations, Leadership, Management, Self Development
- 4 comments
Hardwork is most assuredly a prerequisite for success. However, often times huge successes are the product of lucky people in the right place at the right time. Plus, the key for true skill development is 10,000 plus hours of skill building.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
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- By Squeezed Contributor
- February 4, 2012
- Management
- 11 comments
Confront reality head on and be prepared to have the best idea in the world at the best price point. Don't forget the passion that needs go hand in hand with "personal humility" and "professional will"
First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently - Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman
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- By Squeezed Contributor
- February 1, 2012
- Leadership, Management
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People don't change. Learn how to get the most of your employees today.