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Peter F. Drucker Dead at 96
The Daily Drucker
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Re-Branding Atlanta
Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin recently won re-election in a landslide - like 90+% of the vote. After decades of corrupt, self-serving mayors raping the city and enriching themselves, Franklin has come in with a giant broom and started cleaning house. She faces some massive problems and hasn't made everyone happy in her first term, but apparently the good citizens of Atlanta are not so stupid as to throw her out.This NPR interview with Franklin is about the her campaign to re-brand the city, and the hip-hop theme song that accompanies it. I admit to not being a hip-hop fan, and I don't much care for the song, but I'm not the audience. I applaud Franklin's work and the positive impact she's had on the city. If this campaign helps the city move forward I'm all for it.
The Ultimate Guide to Electronic Marketing for Small Business
The Ultimate Guide to Electronic Marketing for Small Business: Low-Cost/High Return Tools and Techniques That Really Work by Tom Antion
This is the best small business marketing book I've ever read, and I've read quite a few. I've never read a "meatier" book on the practical how-tos of building a web-based marketing machine for your small business. If you're looking for a "bible" on how the web can grow your small business there is no better book on the market right now than Tom Antion's. Go buy it. You won't be sorry. [More...]
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Peter F. Drucker Dead at 96
Shortly after my November 7 post on The Daily Drucker the venerable business thinker passed away. From The McKinsey Quarterly:The influential management theorist Peter F. Drucker died on November 11th. He leaves behind a remarkable body of work, developed over more than 50 years, that not only addressed the major themes in modern thinking on management from marketing to organization but also often anticipated them by decades. The great and growing collection of outside work that Drucker's thinking has generated testifies to the seminal place of his ideas on the role of knowledge in companies.
In honor of Drucker McKinsey has made available a specail collection of his articles. You will be required to complete a free registration, but the articles are free to all registered readers this week.
These articles from the McKinsey Quarterly archive look at how companies can maximize the benefits from their in-house knowledge.
Limited-time special access:
Normally reserved for premium members, these articles are available to all site members until November 21. Read them for free this week only, and spread the word to your colleagues.
Best practice and beyond: Knowledge strategies
1998 Number 1
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/links/19841
Managing the knowledge manager
2001 Number 3
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/links/19845
Do you know who your experts are?
2003 Number 4
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/links/19848
Making a market in knowledge
2004 Number 3
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/links/19843
The 21st-century organization
2005 Number 3
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/links/19847
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Monday, November 7, 2005
The Daily Drucker
The Daily Drucker makes a great holiday gift for that hard-to-please businessman, executive, or entrepreneur on your shopping list. Far more useful than those insipid success accessories or a bad tie, The Daily Drucker offers a small bites of wisdom from the most respected business thinker of our time. [More...]
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Friday, October 28, 2005
Hilarious Leather Pants Ad on eBay
Yes, yes it is a hilarious ad. I have owned several pairs of leather pants, but they were not dress pants. In the old days before synthetic materials like cordura took over the market leathers (as they were understandably called) were required equipment for motorcycle racing. Leather is still the preferred material for roadrace safety gear. I wish I still had some of my old leathers. My only regret is I got rid of them. [via Ernie the Attorney]We all have regrets
The description of this eBay item is hilarious. You have to love a description that begins with: "You are bidding on a mistake..." I'm glad to say that I never owned a pair of leather pants, but then there other mistakes I'd like to auction off on eBay.
Very Cool, Creative Designs for Emergency Housing
Very cool housing designs for emergency shelter. The left photo is the H.E.L.P. House - eight-feet wide and 12-feet long and intended for placement alongside a damaged/destroyed home to allow property owners to begin rebuilding right after a disaster. The right photo is the Warm, Dry Room - a converted shipping container with living and sleeping space, windows and climate control.The problem is the logistics of these things is a nightmare. Keeping an inventory (in a ready state,) moving them to wherever they're needed, cleaning them up afterward - it all becomes a logistical quagmire and without some significant long-term oversight isn't going to be effective. [via TP Wire Service]
NPR : Emergency Housing Need Sparks Creative Designs
Hurricane Season
Emergency Housing Need Sparks Creative Designs by Ari Shapiro
All Things Considered,October 25, 2005
Homelessness on a regional scale is often one result of natural disaster -- whether that's a hurricane in the United States or an earthquake in Pakistan. Architects inspired to meet this challenge with emergency housing solutions have often run into a problem: getting their ideas into the field.
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