Creating a Perfect Pitch

Founder of One Perfect Pitch, a consulting firm based in San Francisco, Marie Perruchet introduces her new book on the art of pitching “One Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Your Idea, Your Product, Your Business–or Yourself”. Related Podcast: Perfecting Your Pitch Download PDF of Transcription Note: This is a transcription of an interview. It has not Read More …

Getting Started with DevOps

In next weeks Business901 Podcast, I was prepared for a technical discussion about DevOps, Scrum, and Kanban. Instead, I receive some of the best practical advice about getting started and working with people for any process. The excerpt below is just a small portion of what Shirley Ronen-Harel discussed in our conversation. Shirley is an Agile and Lean Read More …

Can Kevin Kelly Predict the Future?

According to Kevin Kelly, much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. He captures this in his new book, The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future. These twelve trends overlap and are codependent on one another, and Read More …

Updated Systems Thinking Stack

This is a collection of Business901 Podcast Transcriptions, called Stacks (see below) through my Issuu channel. This is an updated version of the Systems Thinking Stack with both the John Latham and John Shibley transcriptions added.  Systems Thinking Stacks are a new way to organize your own publications, as well as any other publications that Read More …

The Purpose For The Parade of Technology Novelty

Kevin Kelly helped launch Wired magazine and was its executive editor for its first seven years. He has written for seemingly every publication  and  his previous books include Out of Control, New Rules for the New Economy, Cool Tools, and What Technology Wants. His present position is described as the Senior Maverick at Wired,. Kevin can now add being a guest on Read More …

The Practical Side of Systems Thinking

John Shibley was a founder of the Society for Organizational Learning and has published articles on systems dynamics, collaboration and consulting practice, and enjoys mentoring emerging organizational development consultants. John Shibley has 30 years of experience leading complex organizational improvement efforts in a variety of industries, sectors, and settings. His practice focuses on the intersection Read More …