As I mentioned yesterday, we’re posting a number of interviews with the authors of books in The 100 Best. Today’s interview is with Strat Sherman, co-author of Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will.
This was the first book to write on the success of GE in the Jack Welch era.
[podcast]http://media.800ceoread.com/view/strat_sherman/audio/strat_sherman_control_your_destiny_9780060753832.mp3[/podcast]
In this interview, I talked with Steve Steinhilber, author of Strategic Alliances: Three Ways to Make Them Work.
Steve heads up strategic alliances for Cisco and he has all sorts of interesting things to say about them. Consider that Cisco generates $5 billion through alliances and $10 billion for their partners. The results alone say a lot about Cisco’s success and what can be done when the right conditions exists for partnerships.
[podcast]http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/audio/strategic_alliances.mp3[/podcast]
P.S. This is another great example of the Memo to The CEO Series that Harvard Business Publishing has bee putting out. Here are the first four titles they put out under this umbrella.
A few months ago I had the opportunity to interview Umesh Ramakrishnan, a leading headhunter. Umesh traveled around the world to interview leaders about their journey to the top. In these 23 minutes, we talk about what he looks for when headhunting, Sam Walton, Bill Gates, humbleness and ego.
[podcast]http://800ceoread.com/blog/audio/NoElevatortotheTop.mp3[/podcast]
Zappos is a company that focuses foremost on company culture. By doing so, they believe that things like great customer service and branding will naturally evolve. They’re not alone in this thought. The book Tribal Leadership, by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright professes that same idea.
Tony Hsieh, the CEO at Zappos, believes in the idea so much, that he’s offering a free audio version of the book at his company’s site. In a press release, he states, “We’d be thrilled if free access to the audio version of Tribal Leadership on our site encourages others within organizations to focus on attaining great cultures as well. Ultimately, everyone benefits from a happier, more energized, more satisfied and more productive workforce.”
To receive the free audio book version of Tribal Leadership, visit Zappos.com.
Here are September’s Top 25 Books from 800CEOREAD that are now available in audio format! Surprisingly, 7 new titles made our list this month starting out in the # 2 and # 3 positions with the Encore Effect and The First Billion is the Hardest. Compact disks may have become more in style or perhaps people have been on the go/traveling more. Either way, check out the following listing of audio books, maybe one or two will strike a fancy with you!
If you have any questions about obtaining multiple copies of these or know of anywhere else we may find the top 25 in audio, let me know!
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Jeff Howe, author of Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business, and I talked about the phenomenon of using crowds to do work.
In this 33-minute podcast, you’ll hear about Jimmy Wales and the founding of Wikipedia, Procter & Gamble using crowds for innovation, and the British Crown — one of the first examples of crowdsourcing (around the 11.45 minute mark).
[podcast]http://800ceoread.com/blog/audio/CrowdsourcingInterview.mp3[/podcast]
On his way through town, Jonathon Flaum stopped by Lodge 300 to talk with Todd about his new book How the Red Wolf Found Its Howl.
Todd and Jonathon covered a wide variety of topics including the motivation behind Jonathon’s first book The 100 Mile Walk, how fear plays such a big roll in business, and even why Jonathon decided to self publish the latest book. Strap yourselves in, this is a good one.
[podcast]http://800ceoread.com/blog/audio/HowTheRedWolfFoundItsHowl.mp3[/podcast]
This week, Ori and Rom Brafman joined us to talk about their book Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior.
The two are brothers; Ori adds the business perspective and Rom, the psychologist perspective. Together they sought to answer the question, why do rational people act irrationally? In the interview we talked about irrationality as a whole, how to recognize it in our own behaviors and various real-life examples of its manifestation.
And, last but not least, what the guys are currently reading. Enjoy!
[podcast]http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/audio/SwayInterview.mp3[/podcast]
I bet you’ve been wondering to yourself, “Hrmmm, I wonder which 800-CEO-READ’s top 25 books from June are available on compact disc?” Well, gentle reader, wonder no longer!! Here they are!
Now, you can set your mind at ease….until next month!!
This week, we talk with Leander Kahney and his new book Inside Steve’s Brain.
Kahney has been covering Apple as a journalist for over a decade. He started writing from MacWorld and now writes for Wired.
In the book, Kahney tries to get beyond the typical media depictions of Jobs as either industry god or managerial tyrant. We talked about design as more than veneer, how the best programmer is 100 times better than the average one, and how Jobs wants to “put a ding in the universe.”
[podcast]http://www.800ceoread.com/blog/audio/insidestevesbraininterview.mp3[/podcast]
