- The $100 Startup
- 99 to 1
- Who Killed Change
The $100 Start-up: Fire Your Boss, Do What You Love And Work Better To Live More
Chris Guillebeau
(Pan Macmillan, Rs. 499)
Several feasible business ideas, a shoestring budget and nowhere to go? Fret not. Chris Guillebeau offers some solutions in this book. He says you can quit your nine-to-five job in a big company, pay your mortgage, educate your kids and yes, even go on a holiday. All this on your own terms!
Sounds like a dream? Well, no, says Chris. It is possible. All you need to do is just START! This book is a manual to new living. Chris says transforming an idea into a successful business venture is not as difficult as it is often made out to be.
Thoughtful, funny and pragmatic, the book gives you sound advice on how to start your business and make a success of it.
99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking The World And What We Can Do About it
Chuck Collins
(Collins Business, Rs. 250)
Unequal distribution of wealth is a topic that always leads to heated debate, with opinions pouring in from every quarter. People want to create a world that works for 99 per cent of the people, not just the rich and mighty 1 per cent. But who comprise the 99 per cent? How extensive and systemic is inequality in different areas of society? What are the causes and consequences? How is inequality changing in our world? Can anything be done about it?
In this book, Chuck Collins, who has been addressing such questions for many years now, provides information put together from articles, reports and websites. The information he gives about inequality in all realms of today’s world, including individual and corporate wealth and power, media control, political influence and other areas, is mind-blowing.
He also explains how people and groups are taking action to reduce inequality and create a world that works for many and not just a few.
“In a nutshell,” Collins writes, “the rules of the economy have been changed to benefit asset owners at the expense of wage earners, and these rule changes have benefited global corporations at the expense of local businesses.”
Who Killed Change? Solving the Mystery Of Leading People Through Change
Ken Blanchard with John Britt, Judd Hoekstra & Pat Zigarmi
(Harper Collins, Rs. 150)
This witty whodunit features Agent Mike McNally, a detective, investigating the murder of yet another change. One by one, Agent McNally interviews 13 suspects, including a myopic leader named Victoria Vision, a chronically tardy manager named Ernest Urgency and an executive named Clair Communication. The suspects are sure to sound familiar and you’re bound to relate them to your own workplace. In the end, Agent McNally solves the case in a way that will inspire you to become an effective Change Agent in your own organisation. A step-by-step guide in the end shows you how to apply the story’s lessons to the real world.
Organisations around the world launch change initiatives — often expensive ones — designed to improve the status quo. Yet 50 to 70 per cent of these efforts fail. This book analyses all of that.
via The Hindu Newspaper http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article3711864.ece
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