Book: What's Holding You Back?
Robert Herbold, longtime P&G manager and later the COO of Microsoft, knows how to get things done in large organizations. That's the premise of What's Holding You Back.
Weekend Reads: Amish Baseball
My brother had a short-lived Tumblr called the Sunday Evening Post. It was a good piece of internet: a few links, some commentary, and regularly published on Sunday nights.
This Week's Top Reads (there are a six)
Three Top Reads
New York Times: How to Spend 47 Hours on a Train and Not Go Crazy
A Great Email from Jim Messina
Jim Messina sent this to me:
Making Email More Human
Last night I appeared at the Leadership Institute's Comprehensive Fundraising Training event. Many thanks to Carol and the team for hosting me.
This Week's Reading: House of Cards + Big Data, Country Club Republicans, and a 94 Year Old Reporter
From my Instapaper like feed this week:
New York Times: Giving Viewers What They Want
Source of Friction: Passwords
Nat Ward has a helpful post on combatting web page friction, the stuff that causes people to click away before converting.
Mugabe and the White African
Reading stories like this is difficult. Here is a man systematically discriminated against by powerful forces in his country. He fights back within the boundaries of law...
Why Does the New York Times hate North Dakota?
In 1995 it was slowly shrinking, especially in rural areas. The New York Times argued in favor of Reopening the Frontier.