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	GOOGLE+ FOR BUSINESS How Google's Social Network Changes Everything Chris Brogan ---------------------------------------------- Chris Brogan owns his own media and education consulting company. He points out Google + is not nearly as big as Facebook but it is tied closely to the world's largest search engines and is therefore a big deal. It has the potential to be great for business because what you do in Google+ will impact on how you rank in the Google search engine. He suggests the 10 power plays which you can use to harness the power of Google+ to generate added value for your business.
	OUTTHINK THE COMPETITION How a New Generation of Strategists Sees Options Others Ignore Kaihan Krippendorff ---------------------------------------------- Kaihan Krippendorf is a business strategist and blogger. He suggests the best way to win any game of strategy is to be so unconventional you disorient your competition so they are unable to respond effectively. He explains an outthinker playbook and suggests you should: 1. Recognize when an industry has gobe rigid 2. Identify a strategy others have ignored 3. Validate whether this strategy is better 4. execute the strategy in a unique way
	THE 4 DISCIPLINES OF EXECUTION Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals Chris McChesney, Sean Covey and Jim Huling ---------------------------------------------- Chris McChesney, Sean Covey and Jim Hurling all work for FranklinCovey. They note that while almost everyone agrees executing a strategy is hard, most managers spend more time developing strategies than they do focusing on execution. To address that, they introduce and explain the 4 Disciplines of Execution: 1. Focus on what's wildly important 2. Act on your lead measures 3. Keep a compelling scorecard 4. Create accountability
	REPEATABILITY Build Enduring Businesses for a World of Constant Change Chris Zook and James Allen ---------------------------------------------- Chris Zook and James Allen are Bain & Company managers who previously collaborate on writing Profit From the Core. They note lots of companies try and chase hot markets to grow but the companies who actually succeed in growing the most focus on building a repeatable business model which works within their enterprises. They then go on to point out winners focus on simplicity, clarity and adaptability above all else. They set out the three design principles of repetable business models: 1. A well-differentiated core 2. Clear nonnegotiables 3. Closed-loop learning