reviews

This is not a Sales text. It is in the author’s mind a rebuttal to the flood of negative news that suggest the world is in mega-crises. Every pitch of progress a portent of peril. Not simply an updated call to Enlightenment, compiler Norberg posits ten core areas where

[kesselskramerpublishing.com/] Having noted snaps of his slides [http://salespodder.com/cherish-early-brushes-with-success/], then watched his 50min Design Indaba show, I bought the book. Wisdom on the essential glory of failing from the collected photographic oddities that would normally adorn the modern-day equivalent of the cutting room floor. I was glad

> I’m Don Ready. I sell cars. This 2009 comedy [http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-goods-live-hard-sell-hard-2009] is part parody of secondhand car dealers and tv business turnaround shows. I loved it. It’s not for faint-hearted, mind. (“Blueberry Pancakes”) Don Ready is “a hotshot, a weekend warrior … a mercenary”. He

[bbc.in/1PDGTZ4] > “Go around the lead, love. Go round, I’m on 9% here. Go round.” Oh dear. “Welcome to Disruptasaur”. The office of The App Guy, “the CEO, founder and creativity samurai”. It’s in his local coffee shop. There all day. He likes to switch to his

[http://www.inaweek.co.uk/] An independent English bookstore chain went big this month in their business section on the kind of quick fix nonsense I loathe. A series of “[insert enticing discipline] in a week” guides were sadly prominent. I frown to report these included a pamphlet – for that’

Harry Stoner. The gripping 1973 role that earned Jack Lemmon his Best Actor Oscar. From the movie Save The Tiger. Essentially a pivotal 24 hours in the life of a fashion garment salesman. The wheels pretty much come off … but then, can a happy future emerge? There’s not many