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Book Club: Discussion on Seth Godin’s Texting while working

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FREE recorded discussion on Seth’s blog article. The panelist share how they manage their tasks and make sure they are focused the important items that differentiates their offering. Panelist: Carl Ludewig, Ludewig Multimedia Tim Rice, Preach Media Francis Adanza, Dir. Professional Services, LeadFormix Sean Murphy, SKMurphy Inc. View recorded session Texting while working by Seth […]

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Venkatesh Rao Thought Provoking on Tempo at Bootstrapper Breakfast

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We had Venkatesh Rao, author of “Tempo“, and blogger at RibbonFarm as  guest at today’s Bootstrapper Breakfast. He has had an eclectic career: between 1997 and 2011, he pursued a traditional research/entrepreneurial career (a PhD, a postdoc, a startup, and an industrial R&D lab where among other things, he founded trailmeme.com as Entrenrepeur-in-Residence at Xerox).

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Book Club: Cohan’s “Great Demo!”

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We have two sessions on Peter Cohan’s Great Demo! book. Sep-4-2012 that addressed  “Lessons Learned Implementing The Great Demo! Methodology” We had two change agents join us on the panel: Barry Nelson and Jolie Rollins and our intent, consistent with the Book Club’s promise, elicit actionable insights from the panel informed by the book’s content.  Listen

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Ries’ The Lean Startup

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Call-in Book Review on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 12:00 p.m. Pacific / 9:00 a.m. Hawaii 1:00 p.m. Mountain / 2:00 p.m. Central 3:00 p.m. Eastern Signup to participate the live review The Lean Startup by Eric Ries The Lean Startup methodology offers a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups. The Lean Startup offers

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Darwin and the Demon: Innovating Within Established Enterprises

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Call-in Book Discussion recorded on August 24, 2011Karen Sage, VP of Technology Alliance and Industry Program Marketing for CA Technologies, and Ellen Chandra, Product Marketing Manager at Cisco Systems, join Sean Murphy to discuss market innovation. View the recorded session Darwin and the Demon: Innovating Within Established Enterprises by Geoffrey A. Moore Moore offers a

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Boyd’s Essence of Winning and Losing

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Call-in Book Discussion recorded on July 27, 2011 Panel discussion on John Boyd’s OODA Loop (Observe-Orient-Decide-Act) with Lenny Greenberg of Assistyx and Venkatesh Rao, author of Tempo and the Ribbonfarm blog, Francis Adanza of LeadFormix, and Sean Murphy of SKMurphy. They shared how they have consciously applied the OODA process to business situations. View record

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Book Club July 13 Community of Practice

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Call-in Book Discussion recorded on July 13, 2011 Matt Childs, Dave Horner, Francis Adanza,and Sean Murphy review and discuss two Communities of Practice articles. They share example communities that they value and the key insights from the articles. Matt and Sean also share how they look they at running several communities. View the recorded session

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Actionable Insights For The Entrepreneurially Minded

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SKMurphy’s Book Club for Business Impact provides actionable insights for the entrepreneurially minded, whether you are trying to bring change to a market or an organization. It’s a webinar / call in  with a panel that has a roundtable discussion with the audience. Everyone will have a chance to contribute their experiences and lessons learned

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You Need to Be a Little Crazy by Barry Moltz

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Call-in Book Review  Recorded on Wednesday, June 8, 2011Massimo Paolini, Miles Kehoe, Dorai Thodla, and Sean Murphy recap Barry Moltz’s “You Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business”. They share how they personally found the courage to start their businesses and their desire to make “working for yourself”

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Managing Oneself

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On May 25, 2011, Howard Dernehl, Moe Arnaiz,  Charles Baugh and Sean Murphy recap Drucker’s article “Managing Oneself” followed by examples of how they have incorporated how they learn and their strengths into their business. View the recorded discussion “Managing Oneself” by Peter Drucker This short seminal article by Peter Drucker tells us that we

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The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

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Call-in Book Review recorded on May 11, 2011 Charles Baugh, Terry Frazier and Sean Murphy recap Dan Roams’ “Back of the Napkin” followed by examples of how they have incorporated informal drawings into our business communication and collaboration. View the recorded session Buy NOW The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with

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Managing Challenges: Are You Preventing, Minimizing, or Reacting

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Lan Liu opens his “Conversations on Leadership: Wisdom from Global Management Gurus” with an interesting anecdote. The King of Wei asked Bian Que, “You have two brothers who are doctors too. Which one of you three is the best?” Bian Que answered, “My big brother is the best. The other  brother is also better than

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