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December 10, 2006
Blogs I Pay Attention To
Now that I am paying a bit more attention to different blogs, I thought it would be some use to share which blogs I read regularly and what each blog's focus is.
David Maister: Maister (pronounced May-ster) is the preeminent expert on professional service firms.
Tom Peters: Tom (same guy who wrote In Search of Excellence 25 years ago) is another professional service firm expert whom I find as a terrific bookend to Peter Drucker (he has said that he doesn't like the comparison but...). In my view, Drucker outlines "WHAT" excellent executives do, Peters outlines "HOW" to do it. Peters is irreverent, smart-alecky, and consistently spot on.
Bob Sutton: Sutton is a relatively new expert for me to follow. He has written several books on organizational dynamics and innovation. His blog focuses on design. I'm coming to better understand how designing (rather than "structuring"-semantics matter) programs and services helps people to use them more effectively.
Michael Hyatt: Mr. Hyatt is a sometimes blogger. He is the CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers and writes From Where I Sit. It's intended for an internal audience, but this gentleman is INCREDIBLY transparent and gives a tremendous perspective.
Guy Kawasaki: Kawasaki is a former Apple employee (I think he headed up the Macintosh Product team), who has gone solo-his thoughts on design and work make me think.
Merlin Mann: Merlin's blog is one that focuses on individual productivity. It has a Mac bias on some of his postings but the ideas help me tremendously.
These are the folks that make me think. Check them out.
And PLEASE send me some ideas on some other thought leaders.
Posted by chitch at December 10, 2006 10:25 AM
Comments
Hey Chris,
Have you read the blog from the CEO of Sun Mircosystems? It is really interesting!
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/
Steve
Posted by: Steve Poling at December 10, 2006 10:34 PM
Great addition, Steve.
He is on top of the tech world. Last week, Business Week named him one of the "best leaders" in 2006.
Posted by: Chris at December 11, 2006 9:04 AM
Michael Hyatt is CEO of Thomas *Nelson* Publishers. Probably not a big deal but it never hurts to strive for journalistic perfection.
Posted by: Luke Gedeon at December 11, 2006 7:06 PM
I enjoy your blog, Chris. I am also enjoy reading Merlin's stuff and have subscribed to the others you suggest above.
Thanks!
-- Scott
Posted by: Scott Elias at February 13, 2007 10:51 AM