My Dots for Thursday, May 17, 2007

Read the entire Cluetrain Manifesto online for free! This is one I’ve been meaning to get to for a while and should be great as a weekend read.

It’s apparently also soon to be a major motion picture. I am reading David Weinberger’s new book, “Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder” and am enjoying that immensely.

Quoted: markets are conversations. talk is cheap. silence is fatal.

ChangeThis posted an interesting manifesto by the author of “The Definitive Drucker.” It explores the various ways that management concepts have shifted from the manufacturing economy on into the information age and the ways in which successful leaders must constantly remain focused outward while acting inward.

A website and blog in support of a new book on the well known manager, Peter Drucker.

Quoted: Delivers keen insights into business in the twenty-first century, while distilling Drucker’s advice to management into interrogative guidance on how to strategize and triumph in this new environment

A great collection of “top 5 business books” lists from noted authors and business leaders.

Quoted: Hundreds of business books are published each year. Chances are at least one has the answers you’re looking for. But how to find it? U.S. News spoke with 14 leaders from all walks of business life—from academics to entrepreneurs to corporate execs—about the five books they consider indispensable reading for managers.