One of the nice things about writing the daily screed is that sometimes I get asked to read new books and offer my thoughts about them. I received a copy of a book called “Creative Thinkering” by Michael Michalko, who has written another book – Thinkertoys – which has been listed as one of the “100 Best Business Books” of all times and which I enjoyed.
Since looking at business from a different perspective is one of the things we often discuss here, I thought you might find what he has to say of interest. Here are a few points he makes in the book for your consideration: Continue reading
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Creative Thinkering
Filed under Helpful Hints, Thinking Aloud
7 Words
Todays Foodie Fun Friday post is about Michael Pollan or, more specifically, his terrific book “In Defense of Food.” While I recommend you read that as well as his earlier “The Omnivore’s Dilemma“, what intrigues me beyond the important eating advice the book provides is Pollan’s ability to whittle the book down. We talk a lot about the elevator pitch in digital and this book has the best one I’ve ever seen. What is it? Continue reading
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Vague Recipes
My neighbor is a food professional. She’s been a pastry chef and now tests and writes recipes for various food publications. The good news is that she often appears at our door with a version of something, usually delicious, on which she’s working. The bad news is that’s it’s frightening to reciprocate – kind of like teeing it up with Tiger or Phil: no matter how good you think you are, you just know they’re way better. Continue reading
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