July 29, 2005
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BOOK PUBLICITY GIMMICK. Looking for a professional businessman to run throughout downtown D.C., Dupont Circle and Georgetown with a toilet seat on his head, preferably during hot weather. Job entails dressing professionally and handing out toilet paper to interested residents. Job will pay 35 dollars, or 7 dollars an hour, for one afternoon's worth of work.
To apply, send your cover letter and resume to toiletthenovel@aol.com.
For more info on the job visit: http://www.toiletthenovel.com/ (Site may still be shut down). See http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/wri/86904307.html
Posted by PJ at 11:49 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBackManager Tools Blog
Are you a new manager? Trying to figure out how to deal with employee issues, as well as project issues? Check out Manager Tools, a new(ish) blog and podcaster that focuses on tools for new managers. It's a neat little site, and a great starting point for figuring out how to deal with some of the issues you just haven't been trained for!
Posted by PJ at 09:24 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBackJuly 22, 2005
Great Old David Allen Article
Was digging through my Favorites this afternoon (what can I say, it's a slow Friday afternoon) and came across this article on David Allen from Fast Company Magazine (You Can Do Anything, But Not Everything).
Posted by PJ at 03:42 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBackJuly 21, 2005
PMBA 40 Released
Josh Kaufman has released the final(?) version of his Personal MBA book list here. The list of 40 books to read for self-education goes hand-in-hand with a Change This manifesto that he says has been approved and will be posted shortly.
Kaufman has also registered PersonalMBA.com, which will be the new home for the project.
Great site, well worth taking the time to check out and bookmark.
Posted by PJ at 10:52 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBackJuly 15, 2005
MindManager
I am deeply, madly, passionatly in love with Mindjet's MindManager software. We've deployed the X5 and X5 Pro versions in our office, and the staff are swooning. If you are one of those folks who love to do mind-mapping, or who frequently are in brainstorming sessions, this is well worth the cost of the software (which is about $190 on PCConnection).
You can find a 21-day free demo here.
Posted by PJ at 08:14 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBackJuly 14, 2005
New Technorati Profile
Just a quick FYI: We've now got a Technorati Profile. Feel free to track us there!
Posted by PJ at 02:42 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBackJuly 08, 2005
Are B-Schools Still Relevant?
In a recent Harvard Business School Working Knowledge article, Professor Jim Heskett asks a question that is being heard a lot these days: Have business schools lost their relevance?
Professor Heskett asks:
First, have business schools in general lost their relevance? Are they preparing graduates in useful ways for careers in management? If there is room for improvement, can it be achieved within the "academy," where business schools seem to be caught in a tug-of-war between the "scientific" and "professional" models? Or will it increasingly be achieved in the institutions created and run by large business enterprises to train not only their own employees but those of other organizations as well?
He also quotes from a New York Times interview with Professor Jeffrey Garten, dean of the Yale School of Management:
The real question is how to be relevant. . . . I was an investment banker for fifteen years. I was in four presidential administrations. But this job has been the most difficult of all.
...which either says something about the relevance of business education, or says quite a bit about the four US Presidents he served under. But I digress...
Heskett's interview invites feedback from readers here.
Posted by PJ at 07:08 PM | Comments (0)It's Aliiiiiiiiiiiive!
Welcome to the new blog. A bit new and improved over the last CSS hack fest that was my blog, but with similar intent...
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