In The Author Flywheel, I open up my book of author hacks developed and refined over the past twelve years.
Posts Tagged as: Amazon
Posts Tagged as: Amazon
Episode 53: Indirect Influence With Vanessa Bohns
Think that you should skip that meeting even if you’re going to keep quiet? Maybe you shouldn’t.
Episode 52: Despotic Taylorism With Christopher Mims of the Wall Street Journal
A fascinating chat about several Amazon, logistics, and other critical topics.
How Author Indecision Leads to Missed Opportunities
Collaboration, Communication, Future of Work, Project Management, Publishing
Thoughts on the downsides of dithering while writing a topical business book—or paying someone to do it for you.
How Not to Start a Book
An absurdly complex 85-word sentence right off the bat all but guarantees crickets, confusion, or both.
Nailing Your Book’s Title and Subtitle Is Really Hard—and Essential.
Faves, Future of Work, Publishing
Thoughts on the most important ten or so words that authors write.
Zoom For Dummies Update
Ignore the websites. The book will be out by the end of the month.
Slack For Dummies Shipping Update
After a few delays, we’ll soon be good to go.
Thoughts on Twitter and Section 230
Kudos to the company for its principled stance.
Slack and Change Management
Communication, Consulting, Data
Thoughts on why it’s essential to overcome employee resistance.
The Wild Wild West of Analytics Programs
Analytics, Big Data, Dataviz, Faves, Higher Education
Pedagogy and definitions around higher ed’s trendy new discipline are anything but consistent.
Don’t Be Evil by Rana Foroohar
Has Big Tech become too powerful? Hell yes.
Why I Emphasize Strong Communication in My Syllabi
Communication, Higher Education
An old job description from one of the dot-com successes underscores a critical business skill.
Summer Reading
Being able to regularly feed my brain is a nice perk of professor life.
What I Learned Visiting an Amazon Fulfillment Center
Thoughts on my recent tour of an insanely large facility.
Finding Teachable Moments in Survey Courses
At least in one regard, Jeff Bezos’ letter couldn’t have arrived at a more opportune time.