2014 Leader's Library Edition

Delegates at the 2014 Summit for Urban Animal Strategies in October were presented with the 7th annual Leader's Library book. 

Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags, by Linda Rottenberg, October 2014

"If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough."

These days taking chances isn’t just for college dropouts in hoodies. Whether you work at a Fortune 500 company, a nonprofit, or a mom-and-pop, everybody needs to think and act like an entrepreneur. We all need to be nimble, adaptive, daring—and maybe even a little crazy—or risk being left behind.

But how do you take smart risks without risking it all? That’s Linda Rottenberg’s expertise. As the cofounder and CEO of Endeavor, the world’s leading organization dedicated to supporting fast-growing entrepreneurs, she’s spent the last two decades helping innovators think bold and execute smart.

Urban Animal strives to break free of the industry silos and display collaboration, innovation and creative thought process. This 2014 edition to the Leader's Library shelf encourages advocates of Urban Animals worldwide to 

take chances and zig when everyone else is zagging. 

Other books in the Urban Animal Leader’s Library

2013 - Radical Openness: Four Unexpected Principles for Success, Don Tapscott, Anthony Williams

2012 - Leaders Make the Future (2nd Ed.), Bob Johansen

2011 - The Experience Economy (updated ed. 2011), Joseph Pine II and James Gilmore

2010 - Wikibrands, Mike Dover and Sean Moffit

2009 - Macrowikinomics, Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams

2008 - Wikinomics, Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams

Summit Leaders Library features first Ebook - Radical Openness

There was a time when a visit to the library or bookstore was the preferred way to obtain information. Even
now, those who own smart devices often prefer information served up on paper. But, an experience with the Ebook can be very compelling: Internal and external searching; Well lit bedtime reading; Variable fonts and highlighting; Clip and paste features; and, instant access. One begins to see the future is friendly and it's already here.

In the 1970's a Canadian visionary foresaw that modern communications would create a 'Global Village'. Marshall McLuhan during his life (1911-1980) surely presided over an amazing shift in communications. Today according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), almost 40% of all the worlds inhabitants reside in the 'Global Village' created by the internet.

The Urban Animal Program strives to model new technologies, so it will not be surprising to learn the 2013 Leaders Library tome is electronic and features authors who area already on the Leaders Library shelf.

Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams bring to the 2013 Leaders Library, 'Radical Openness, Four Unexpected Principles for Success', published by TED books and made available to Summit delegates in electronic format by Livrada(tm). You can speak to your PetLynx contact for a free copy (while supplies last) or purchase this Ebook from Amazon. InfoStream gives this read 2 thumbs up!