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In The New Pioneers, Thomas Petzinger brings alive the people who are leading a revolution in American business. Petzinger contends that fundamental changes in the U.S. economy are being spurred by technology that obliterates old boundaries as well as new freedoms in the workplace and the efforts of entrepreneurs with a zeal for innovation and customer service. "We can't yet see it everywhere, but a great awakening is now under way in business," he writes.
A columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Petzinger spent three years traveling across America to interview management gurus and businesspeople at the forefront of this economic seachange. He discovered that large and small businesses alike are succeeding by abandoning the old command-and-control ethos. In today's best-run companies, he notes, employees are getting the leeway to manage themselves. Petzinger profiles people as diverse as Pete and Laura Wakeman of Dillon, Montana, who built the Great Harvest Bakery chain by making their company more of a community than a corporation; Nick Gleason, a Harvard Business School graduate who eschewed a big salary to launch an Internet design company in a Boston ghetto; and Richard Knowles, who turned around a struggling West Virginia chemical plant for the Dupont Corporation. Provocative and well written, The New Pioneers is for top managers, regular working people, and anyone who loves a good business yarn. --Dan Ring
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The New Pioneers introduces the entrepreneurs who are revolutionizing the way America does business -- from bankers to bakers, weavers to Web designers, manufacturers to medical researchers. In dozens of entertaining case histories and personal profiles, Thomas Petzinger shows that old-fashioned corporations are losing out to innovators engaged in creating collaborative workplaces, a value-added marketplace, and an economy overflowing with opportunity. Through compelling storytelling and incisive analysis, he illuminates how and why:
- Technology is replacing economies of scale with economies of scope and locality
- Today's entrepreneurs are redefining the meaning of "niche"
- Radical compensation and motivation strategies are establishing a new kind of workforce
- The family firm can serve as a model for all business
- The new business ethos signals a return to fundamental values
Customer Reviews:
Thought Provoking - Insightful - But does not stick. .......2007-07-22
The late 1990's were hit by a surge of entrepreneurialism in the United States. This was entrepreneurial drive was fueled by technology, the internet, a booming economy and "can do" attitude that emerged among US citizens. The US are still benefiting from this entrepreneurial boom, in spite of the stock market crash in 2000, over 20 million jobs have been created in entrepreneurial organisations in the US in the past 15 years.
In the late 1990's Tomas Petzinger, a Wall Street Journal columnist, set out to uncover the motivation and drivers of the individuals that were establishing exciting new businesses. He uncovers a series of engaging stories about courageous and pioneering entrepreneurs who transformed their personal situations by creating intriguing new jobs and enterprises to meet the needs of the new economy.
These are real stories of real people overcoming real challenges to create real opportunities. These stories generate a ray of hope & inspiration for South Africans wishing to establish an entrepreneurial venture to benefit from the economic boom that this country is experiencing. The stories in the book do not provide a text book model for exactly how things should be done but they are a source of insightful ideas and engaging metaphors to inspire and guide would be entrepreneurs. The stories in this book are also not the common stories that we have heard time and time again. Petzinger has purposefully ignored the Starbucks, Google, Amazon.com and eBay stories so that he could uncover tales of individuals who have done extraordinary things outside of the limelight.
Petzinger illustrates how technology creates new opportunities for start-up niche players to establish profitable businesses. He explores what motivates and drives generation X entrepreneurs and he examines how a new venture with social meaning brings purpose and profit. Although the book was written seven years ago, it can still serve as a guiding light and foundation for inspiration, especially for South Africans wishing to pioneer new ways of doing things to make a meaningful impact in this country and abroad.
internet economy crud. Some non-internet stuff.......2001-12-27
Mediocre at best. Mostly "New economy" crud. Good stuff about real entrepreneurs who are not at all in high-tech or internet spaces, but that stuff is just not news.
"The Arrow of Evolution....".......2000-05-23
In Chapter 10 of Leading Change, James O'Toole discusses Robert Owen (1771-1858) whom he characterizes as "the Thomas Edison of social invention. He was the first to devise or advocate numerous practices in industrial relations, education, and social policy that are still considered progressive today, more than 130 years after his death." In The New Pioneers, Petzinger focuses on the contemporary world in which a "revolution" is now underway in business, "for the most part invisible in the headlines and the boardrooms, but dizzying in its effect on the front lines." Much of what he discusses is directly relevant to Owen's initiatives. He agrees with Abraham Maslow that "the most valuable one hundred people to a deteriorating society" would be entrepreneurs because "the arrow of evolution flies toward the pioneering."
Over the years, I have learned a great deal from reading Petzinger's column in the Wall Street Journal, "The Front Lines." He is constantly alert to subtle but potentially significant developments within and beyond the ever-changing workplace. The material he shares in this brilliant book is drawn from "the front lines" of companies based in more than 40 cities in 30 states as well as several companies in foreign countries.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who seeks answers to questions such as these:
1. Which "new frontiers" offer the greatest opportunities for institutional growth and human development?
2. Which economies of scale are most relevant to such growth?
3. To optimize development of "human capital" in small-to-midsize organizations, which strategies (eg incentives and rewards) work best?
4. Which of these strategies will also be effective in larger organizations?
5. Amidst turbulent change caused by new technologies, which traditional values will enable any organization to nourish its "human systems"?
To succeed in what he calls "The Age of Adaptation" (the subject of his Introduction), Petzinger asserts that organizations (regardless of size or nature) must cope effectively with certain "new realities" which serve as the subtitles of the book's ten chapters. For example: "Trade and technology are fundamentally human", "Why the new rules favor the small and connected", "The customer is the common denominator", and "Knowledge and self-organization flourish at the edge of chaos." It is important to reiterate that Petzinger's observations and assertions are based on a wealth of real-world experience. He is firmly convinced that "We, our tools, and the businesses by which we accomplish nearly everything are all products of the natural world." Although granting that "Wrong turns and backsliding will occur from time to time", Petzinger is convinced that each new age will produce another generation of "pioneers" who will continue to transform a global marketplace which is rapidly becoming the same workplace for nearly everyone.
Morality Play for Businesses -- Great Small Company Examples.......2000-04-16
Reading The New Pioneers is a pleasant occupation. On theother hand, reviewing this book for people who have not yet read it isa challenging task. This is primarily because the book is written to be read and understood at many different levels.
The simplest and most obvious level is as a series of charming stories in the best humanistic tradition that demonstrate that there is good business in being a good human.
At a deeper level, Mr. Petzinger is also telling us that the economy is changing in a fundamental way because of the experiences of small and middle sized business leaders, such as those cited in the book.
Beyond that, he is suggesting something fundamental about human civilization and its potential to create astonishingly positive results.
At whatever level you consider the book, you will be well rewarded for reading it.
I must admit that it is tempting to ignore the book's shortcomings, but that would shortchange the principles that Mr. Petzinger is exploring...
As heart-warming as this book is, it is a scrapbook rather than a vision for individual entrepreneurs. Its value for entrepreneurs is, nonetheless, quite substantial. The benefit comes from stimulating ideas among readers by showing new business examples that have not been widely published and discussed before. I hope all entrepreneurs will read this book for that important benefit.
A fine effort from a talented journalist! END
Home Run.......2000-02-12
Tom has done a fabulous job with his latest book. It clearly shows how top people get there and make their organizations top performers. The book is chock full of examples that are relevant. The style of writing is, of course, meant for us by being easy-to-read and descriptive. Buy it!
Also recommend a well-receoved book that addresses how managers can be top performers by focusing on bettering themselves, their co-workers, and their organizations. It's called ""The Leader's Guide: 15 Essential Skills."
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Numerous barriers, problems, and unresolved issues often prevent innovation from taking hold within an organization. Companies haven't discovered how to measure innovation, make it repeatable, or systematize it. Until now. The program outlined in Innovating the Corporation guarantees accelerated innovation within any corporation, within any industry. Intended as a dynamic, hands-on guide, this book offers a comprehensive look at strategic planning, understanding and cultivating an innovation vision, and building an innovation team. Includes detailed, step-by-step information on how to measure the success of an innovation plan.
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Intended as a dynamic, hands-on guide, Innovating the Corporation offers a comprehensive look at strategic planning, understanding and cultivating an innovation vision, and building an innovation team.
Customer Reviews:
A roadmap for success.......2001-04-16
Innovation is not about coming up with great ideas. It's about having the mindset and process in place to bring great ideas to fruition. That's exactly what this book gives you...not just abstract theory, but tangible recommendations for you to implement now. While everyone talks about innovation, this book can actually help your company achieve it.
The Right Book at the Right Time.......2000-12-08
There are so many good ideas in this book that it's difficult to focus on just one or two, but here's an attempt.
M&A is one way to achieve growth, but somewhere along the way you still have to create something of value--innovative new products or services--if your organization is going to survive. The authors properly emphasize the importance of creating the right mindset and culture.
Without the right attitude toward innovation, the merger or acquisition won't work. In the simplest terms, two wrongs don't make a right:Two un-inspired, un-innovative companies don't become magically transformed by a combination. The authors lay out practical guidelines for making an innovative spirit an essential driving force in an organization's culture.
The authors also show how to create the kinds of large-scale frameworks that larger organizations need and how to lead and manage those frameworks creatively in order to grow the organization productively. In particular they show practical and useful ways to measure, and therefore manage, innovation at both the platform and individual project levels.
And all of this is done with a minimum of jargon and a great wealth of real-world examples and success stories. This book unquestionably is valuable reading for every Fortune 1000 executive--and probably for quite a few other corporate leaders farther down the corporate food chain as well.
Even better than advertised.......2000-12-08
This book claims to be mostly for big corporations. I can see why they play that up. But I own a small company and most of the ideas are useful for my situation too. It is especially helpful in showing what to focus on, how to think about innovation in my company, and how to make a program work for me. Considering all the hype and overpromising out there, it's nice to run across something that delivers on its promise and then goes even one better.
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Geographies of Agriculture: Globalisation, Restructuring, and Sustainability
G. M. Robinson
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Finger Prints: The Classic 1892 Treatise
Francis Galton
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Landmark discusses the evidence validating fingerprints as a means of personal identification, permanence of the fingerprint characteristics, uniqueness of an assemblage of ridge details, and the variability and classifiable nature of finger patterns — along with such fundamental investigations as biological and racial variations and the inheritance of fingerprint traits. 34 tables. 15 plates.
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Fauna and Flora of the Bible (Helps for Translators)
United Bible Societies
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AN alphabetical English-Latin-Hebrew-Greek dictionary of animals in the bible with extended notes on each. 205 numbered pages including index plus xv pp. preceding.
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A Celebration of Flora and Fauna of the Bible
Endymion Beer
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With three national championships, more than 80 All-Americans and nearly 800 victories, the University of Texas has a football history and tradition among the richest in the nation. This book offers a look at a small slice of that history and tradition, with updates on the lives of those who made it possible. Among these are: Johnny Treadwell, whose "Now we've got 'em where we want 'em" challenge became the emblem of the Darrell Royal teams of the early 1960s; former head coach David McWilliams, whose departure from the coaching ranks may have eventually helped to save his life; Duke Carlisle, the star of three crucial showdowns in a national championship season, now enjoying life in the oil business in Mississippi; Julius Whittier, UT's first black football letterman, who finished with two degrees and has been a successful Dallas attorney for 20 years: Ben Tompkins, who played baseball with Satchel Paige, spent 20 years as an NFL game official, and is still practicing law at 75; T Jones, enshrined in the Hall of Honor at both UT and Texas Tech; Ben Procter, who held a UT receiving record for 40 years still lives in the house he bought from Lyndon Johnson's sister, and is finishing up the second volume of a biography of William Randolph Hearst; Alan Lowry, who answers the gnawing question about whether he stepped out of bounds on the run that beat Alabama in the Cotton Bowl; James Saxton, the swift All-American who survived a near-fatal illness; Roosevelt Leaks, who after a lengthy NFL career still spends time on the family farm where he grew up; the Campbell twins, who as the sons of defensive coordinator "Iron Mike" Campbell, willed themselves into becoming starters on a national championship team; Randy Peschel, the man who caught Right 53 Veer Pass; James Street, the man who threw it; and former Outland winner Scott Appleton, who destroyed his life with alcohol and then rebuilt it, becoming a minister who touched countless lives before his death.
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Could have used this when I was in High School!.......2007-10-03
Excellent review and insight into the world of SAT and GRE. Beside the vocabulary exercises, the introduction and study skill hints are vitally helpful. If you want to improve your SAT verbal score by 15 - 25 %, this book will help you do it. I'm saving a copy for my son when he is reaches High School.
Good, but multiple typos.......2007-09-10
I am halfway through this book right now in preparation for the GRE and must commend its vocabulary and format. It repeats words as you continue through it to give you a more flexible understanding, and although I cannot rate its usefulness for standardized tests, I do have faith in the work that it puts you through.
However, I must point out that the reader has to be on the lookout for typos that either misspell words, add apostrophes instead of letters, imprecise definitions (or definitions whose emphasis is the opposite from the truth), and even an incorrect answer on a quiz's answer sheet. If you use another dictionary to, say, compile your own list of words to memorize, you'll nullify this problem, but it is rather unacceptable for a book on words to mess them up so frequently. Still, though I haven't looked into the alternatives, I would recommend this resource for your word-boosting needs.
Words for Smart Test Takers 2nd Edition (Academic Test Preparation Series).......2007-02-09
A giant step in the right direction for MAT, SAT, GRE and overall knowledge.
Excellent Vocab Guide for GRE!.......2007-01-16
Many of the words I saw on the GRE test were in the words lists at the beginning on this book: 99 Words for Smart Test Takers and their GRE word list.
I found it to be a relief to have a smaller list of words to work with (rather than Barron's 3,500 words) that were actually on the test.
Good book, but useful with other electronic devices.......2006-05-25
Vocabulary is indeed quite important to get a good score. What helped me the most, as a supplement to this book, was a cell-phone based wordlist by applimobile.com.
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Eventually, we all have to do it: Write a professional letter, a research paper, a proposal, a personal essay... The list goes on and on and the tasks can often seem overwhelming, especially when one isn't sure how to approach them.
Organizing one's thoughts on paper may seem daunting, but there is no reason to worry,
Writing Smart will walk them through it -- from planning their work and writing the first few sentences to editing it and making the finishing touches.
Writing Smart will teach readers how to take the stress out of writing, whether they're writing a tricky business letter or a college application essay.
Includes sections on:
• Grammar
• Getting ready to write
• Words, Punctuation, Sentences, and Paragraphs
• Editing
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• Reviews, Articles, and Essay Tests
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Writing Smart What?.......2007-03-11
I saw this in a bookstore and almost cried. The Princeton Review needs to review the definition of an adverb.
Growing Up Poor.......2002-10-31
I have only been reading this book for a little while now, but so far I like it. I like how the book gives you work from different authors. This book, I think can relate to people who have grown up poor, or are growing up poor now. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read about the struggles in everyday peoples' life. This book is very good so far. I am very interested this book and I am going to keep reading.
Great book.......2000-07-30
An excellent book. After reading this book I passed tests with sky-high results. This book assists the learner in most basic and deepest of writing. Completed as a reference book. Do not read it as a novel. With unparalled consturction, this book will improve advance your grades.
Not a good buy.......2000-02-25
I think this book does not fulfil its promises. In fact, it is way beneath the level of graduates, to whom this book is also targeted at. The advice given is too shallow and general, and does not point out the specifics of good writing. Examples are too few in number and insubstantial in content, and though they may occassionally succeed at being a little funny, are not desirable examples that would enlighten readers on what a "smart" piece of writing would be like. Overall, this is a disappointment, and way below expectations. Princeton Review should be embarassed to have published such a piece.
Great book I am amazed at its overall abitlity.......1999-08-29
I can only say I am now winning all the cotests I ente
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A PARENTS’ CHOICE AWARD—WINNING SERIES
Follow Bridget, Babette, Barnaby, and their feline friend Beauregard as they explore strange lands and discover, to their amazement, that writing is fun and interesting. Plus, you might discover that writing well can make you rich and famous someday (It worked for Stephen King!).
By the time you finish reading Writing Smart Junior, you’ll·write better book reports
·compose beautiful poems
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·master the art of letter-writing
·learn how to use the library
Before you know it, writing will be as easy as tying your shoes (unless you have those Velcro™ tennis shoes–nothing’s that easy!).
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Drawing is the first stage of a successful watercolor painting, yet it is also the most easily forgotten. Peter Woolley guides the beginner through simple exercises and extended demonstrations to learn effective pencil and watercolor techniques.
Drawing Towards Watercolor is the pain-free way to improve your watercolor paintings. Packed with useful advice and simple demonstrations, the artist will soon learn effective techniques to paint achievable scenes. All popular areas of watercolour are covered-- trees, mountains, water, skies, figures and buildings--each accompanied by sketching exercises, followed by watercolor exercises, leading to the development of a finished picture.
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The cover tells it like it is........2007-05-08
I am self taught watercolorist. I have quite a collection of books and i was pleasantly surprised to find this fresh and interesting book. it isn't like all the others and has a nice section on drawing for watercoloring. I taught myself to draw out and plan the painting first. this book walks you threw the paces and shows you exactly what you need to know to accomplish it. great book
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