Build a Power Grid of Influence

Judy Robinett takes the word “Networking” not only to a new level but re-defining it into a dynamic “power grid” of influence and connections. How to Be a Power Connector: The 5+50+100 Rule for Turning Your Business Network into Profits is an excellent book and one of my best summer reads, so far. Judy is Read More …

Interaction Design with Dave Malouf

Dave Malouf, @daveixd, is currently the Manager of Product Design at Rackspace, the open hosting company (RAX). They are responsible for all the administrative control panels for our Infrastructure as a Service, Management as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Networks as a Service system. Dave has been working primarily in Internet front-end design Read More …

The Strategy Guide for Who You Know

When I was given this book, How to Be a Power Connector: The 5+50+100 Rule for Turning Your Business Network into Profits, to consider it for the Business901 Podcast, my first thoughts was one of distaste for the awful word of networking. However, once I opened the book, I read it cover to cover in Read More …

Presenting in a Digital World

A passionate teacher, Dr. Nick Morgan is committed to helping people find clarity in their thinking and ideas – and then delivering them with panache.  Nick wrote this little treasure, How to Tell Great Business Stories, which is how I happened upon him. Since then he has published a new book, Power Cues: The Subtle Read More …

Design Think Your Way to Sales

Could this approach actually make Sales a Noble Profession? I had the pleasure of discussing with Régis Lemmens his new book, From Selling to Co-Creating. He is a partner at Sales Cubes, a sales management consulting firm located in Belgium, specializing in sales and key accounts management. He is a firm advocate of design thinking Read More …