420 words, 13 top business books and 5 business tips

Published Date Written by Ron Immink, www.bookbuzz.biz

I love TweetDeck. During the day I have two columns following two subjects. In my role as entreprenerd I follow “small business”, as a business book geek I follow “business books” (duh!).

Lots of good stuff, lots of dross too. What you are constantly bombarded with, are the “Top 10 books on this”, “The 13 tips for that”. The one that triggered this blog is the “10 books that blow your mind”.

Blowing your mind
We can do that! We have read hundreds and hundreds of business books in the last few years and our whole business concept is around blowing the collective mind of a business, get them to talk about it, reflect on it and then act on it. Making them more competitive, smarter, better, etc.

If you consider the consequences of their message to your business, what are the books that truly will blow your mind (in no particular order):

Marketing 3.0

Free

Fun Inc

Overconnected

Future files (and its companion book Future minds)

What is mine is yours

Talent masters

Out of our minds

The shift

Business exposed

Mavericks at work

Infinite possibility

I could have picked 10 others, but as we keep on explaining to our clients (and this is counter intuitive); it is not about the book, is what you will do with the learning from the book. The key messages we are getting from the book we read are:

Culture is everything

The internet is fundamental to your business model and its impact is not yet really understood

Gaming is the next wave

Technology will fundamentally change your business model and you are not seeing it coming

Change will be exponential, NOT linear

Everything you were thought about business is wrong, is a myth, is based on bad research and does not stack up

The balance sheet your accountant gives you is useless. The future balance sheet will focus on soft assets such as IP, brand, culture, community, idea pipeline and talent.

Passion will become one of the key differentiators

And to translate this to 5 tips:

You really do need to read more

Don’t belief anything you read

Develop a passion statement for yourself and your business

Review your business model (use attribute listing) and check where technology can add, cut cost or make your company more scalable

Appoint or become a CCO (Chief Culture Officer)

Post by Ron Immink - www.bookbuzz.biz