Rhino: My Way
AO_Template_080725.zip AO_Toolbars_080725.zip AO_Viewmodes_080725.zip I’ve created a collection of viewing modes, preferences, tool bars, and templates to help make Rhino easier to use. Here’s the deal: You don’t have to work with me for long before learning that I’m not exactly a “Rhino guy.” In fact, I’ve traditionally pretty much hated Rhino. Why...
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The Creative Priority : Putting Innovation to Work in Your Business by Jerry Hirshberg I found the tone of this book unnecessarily haughty, and felt constantly that Mr. Hirshberg has something to prove in writing it. This is less a book on practical innovation itself than a self-congratulatory career retrospective on the part of the author. It is clear that Hirshberg is intelligent and creative,...
Read MoreWhat Got You Here Won’t Get You There
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful (Hardcover) by Marshall Goldsmith, and Mark Reiter My boss at Bose, Gustavo Fontana, recommended this book to me after delivering a somewhat stinging–but wholly justified–performance review. The title is telling: the strengths that have helped me to succeed thus far in my career will not...
Read MoreThe Wal-Mart Effect
The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World’s Most Powerful Company Really Works–and How It’s Transforming the American Economy by Charles Fishman I grew up shopping at Wal-Mart, and during my time at Black & Decker, I witnessed the copany in action from a whole new perspective. I was hesitant to read this book. I fully expected it to be a raving anti-capitalist memorandum on the...
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Why We Buy: The Science Of Shopping by Paco Underhill Chock-full of fascinating details about the behaviors of shoppers in situ. While clearly a book of shameless self-promotion for Mr. Underhill, he certainly does a good job of it! After reading this book, one is left with far more questions than answers, and an inexorable desire to sit in a shopping mall parking lot for hours on end. Paco...
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