Weekly Update: What’s New with the Personal MBA
PMBA Member Forums: Featured Posts
The PMBA Member Forums are hopping! Share your thoughts on the following hot topics:
- PMBA Member and author Ben Simonton thinks managers cause low morale. Other members disagree. What do you think?
- RKensey discusses his application of Eliyahu Goldratt’s “Theory of Constraints”.
- TomTom points us to 10 Overrated Business Books (and What to Read Instead)
- We’re looking for input to tailor the PMBA Case study format to meet your needs.
Featured Group: PMBA Seattle
It warms my heart to hear from people who are getting together with friends to work through the Personal MBA reading list. Here’s some info about a group that Joe Goldberg has organized in Seattle:
“Our PMBA group formed in Seattle in May 2006, after a few of us tossed the idea around at a dinner party. Most of us are childhood friends or co-workers. Professionally, we have a plurality of members in software development, but we also have a chef and a green building consultant. We try to meet fortnightly, and read 100 pages between meetings. We either meet at a group member’s house, or go out to a local restaurant. Either way, meetings always involve good food and drinks. Between meetings, we keep in touch with a mailing list, a wiki, and by sharing links on del.icio.us.”
Left to Right: Matt Lindsey, Sachin Bhatia, Anna Bhatia, Megan Saffitz, and Venessa Brown.
Not pictured: Joe Goldberg and Mike Saffitz.
Top Row: Megan Saffitz, Joe Goldberg.
Bottom Row: Venessa Brown, Mike Saffitz, Matt Lindsey.
Not Pictured: Sachin Bhatia and Anna Bhatia.
Do you regularly meet with a local PMBA group? If so, let me know and I’ll feature you here!
PMBA Motherlode Update: IE Link Issues
Several PMBA members have been having issues with browsing to Amazon to purchase the PMBA Motherlode. I’ve triangulated the issue to Internet Explorer, and I’m working with Amazon support to find a fix. In the meantime, the link is working in both Firefox and Safari. (If you’re not already using Firefox, I highly recommend it.)
Websites worth reading
Here are a few sites to check out when you have a moment:
- The Doblin Group believes there are Ten Types of Innovation.
- Squeezed Books delivers free “squashed” business book summaries.
- The Art of the Start’s Guy Kawasaki teaches you to spiff up your LinkedIn profile.
- The Manager’s Cheat Sheet features 101 “common sense rules for leaders”.
If you're new to the Personal MBA, you'll want to check out the manifesto and recommended reading list to see what we're all about.
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One Comment, Comment or Ping
Joe
Hey Josh, thanks for featuring our group! Just so you know, I wasn’t the one who started the group, it was mostly Mike. Credit where it’s due
Sep 17th, 2007