Dylan Schleicher has been a part of the 800-CEO-READ claque since 2003. Even though he's stayed on at the company, he has not stayed put. After beginning in shipping & receiving, he joined customer service and accounting before moving into his current, highly elliptical orbit of duties overseeing the ChangeThis and In the Books websites, the company's annual review of books, and in-house design. He lives with his wife and two children in the Washington Heights neighborhood on Milwaukee's West Side.
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In Praise of Wasting Time
By Dylan Schleicher, published
May 18, 2018,
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2:02 PM
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Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Current Events & Public Affairs, Innovation & Creativity, Leadership & Strategy, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Alan Lightman takes us on an exploration of time and our inner lives that we can use to reclaim our mental health and creativity.
Would You Do That to Your Mother?: The "Make Mom Proud" Standard for How to Treat Your Customers
By Dylan Schleicher, published
May 11, 2018,
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1:17 PM
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Leadership & Strategy, Management & Workplace Culture, Marketing & Sales, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Jeanne Bliss provides a single question that will make our businesses better, in every sense of the word "better."
High-Speed Empire: Chinese Expansion and the Future of Southeast Asia
By Dylan Schleicher, published
May 4, 2018,
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8:50 AM
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Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Current Events & Public Affairs
Will Doig's book on Chinese expansion is a quick and concise guide through that terrain that will take you just a few hours.
Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism
By Dylan Schleicher, published
May 3, 2018,
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10:14 AM
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Current Events & Public Affairs
Ian Bremmer's new book is a great resource for making sense of the present political moment, for understanding what has prompted the rise of populism and backlash against globalism.
Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier
By Dylan Schleicher, published
April 27, 2018,
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3:00 PM
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Current Events & Public Affairs
Maya Rao writes about "the ways in which the largest oil rush in modern US history wrestled with ephemeral and lasting interests, scam and legitimacy, and the power and failings of free enterprise."
New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World—and How to Make It Work for You
By Dylan Schleicher, published
April 20, 2018,
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3:45 PM
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Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Current Events & Public Affairs, Innovation & Creativity, Leadership & Strategy, Management & Workplace Culture, Narrative & Biography, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Jeremy Heimans & Henry Timms detail how technology-enabled collaboration and mass participation are enabling a new power that is changing the world before our very eyes.
The Deals That Made the World: Reckless Ambition, Backroom Negotiations, and the Hidden Truths of Business
By Dylan Schleicher, published
April 19, 2018,
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2:00 PM
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Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Current Events & Public Affairs, Management & Workplace Culture, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Jacques Peretti looks at the world we live in today through the lens of ten business deals that "have ramifications far beyond business," and have been "especially crucial in shaping modern society."
How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job
By Dylan Schleicher, published
April 12, 2018,
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3:00 PM
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Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Leadership & Strategy, Management & Workplace Culture, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Our businesses, and society, are better off with more women in leadership. Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith have written a how-to guide for women to seize those positions of power and influence.
The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last
By Dylan Schleicher, published
April 6, 2018,
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12:00 PM
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Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Current Events & Public Affairs, Innovation & Creativity, Leadership & Strategy, Management & Workplace Culture, Marketing & Sales, Narrative & Biography, Personal Development & Human Behavior, Publishing Industry, The Company
Tom Peters' latest book is in many ways a culmination of all he has learned over the past half-century, and a reminder of the simplest way to succeed in business: put people first.
Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It
By Dylan Schleicher, published
March 23, 2018,
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2:22 PM
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Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Current Events & Public Affairs, Innovation & Creativity, Leadership & Strategy, Management & Workplace Culture
Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik have written a book about the increasing complexity of the world that makes it easy to understand, and oddly enjoyable to read.
Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance—and What We Can Do About It
By Dylan Schleicher, published
March 16, 2018,
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2:24 PM
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Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Current Events & Public Affairs, Innovation & Creativity, Leadership & Strategy, Management & Workplace Culture, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Jeffrey Pfeffer explains why making employee health and well-being integral to the company’s culture and values is not only good for the employees, but a competitive advantage that is also good for the company’s bottom line.
Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
By Dylan Schleicher, published
March 9, 2018,
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3:00 PM
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Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Current Events & Public Affairs, Innovation & Creativity, Leadership & Strategy, Narrative & Biography
Claire Evans tells the story of the computer, and the internet, through the women who developed the languages they speak.
