ASTD Nebraska's Book Club is in Full Swing This Year

Barb Lerouge — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Please plan to join us for our third-quarter Book Club, Thursday, August 26, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., at the Borders on 72nd and Dodge. We’ll be discussing the business cult classic, Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon MacKenzie. Jamie Kelly, Talent Management Specialist with OPPD, will be leading the discussion.

Creativity is crucial to business success. But too often, even the most innovative organization quickly becomes a "giant hairball"--a tangled, impenetrable mass of rules, traditions, and systems, all based on what worked in the past--that exercises an inexorable pull into mediocrity. The author worked at Hallmark Cards for 30 years, many of which he spent inspiring his colleagues to slip the bonds of Corporate Normalcy and rise to orbit--to a mode of dreaming, daring, and doing above and beyond the rubber-stamp confines of the administrative mind-set. In his deeply funny book, exuberantly illustrated in full color, he shares the story of his own professional evolution, together with lessons on awakening and fostering creative genius. This book provides an empowering and entertaining look at the intersection between human creativity and the bottom line. It has become a must-read for any manager looking for new ways to invigorate employees and any professional who wants to achieve his or her best, most self-expressive, most creative and fulfilling work.

Please check the website for more details including a discussion guide and register to attend. Borders offers a 20% corporate discount for ASTD Nebraska members.

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ASTD Nebraska's Book Club is in Full Swing This Year