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Erik Gfesser

📍 Greater Chicago Area

Digitally Distinct

According to the algorithm(s) in use by the "Online ID Calculator", my online brand is "digitally distinct" rather than digitally dissed, digitally dabbling, or digitally disastrous: This is the nirvana of online identity. A search of your name yields lots of results about you, and

New Book Review: "Strategy Safari"

Recently posted book review for Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour through the Wilds of Strategic Management, by Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand, and Joseph Lampel, Free Press, 1998, reposted here: Authors Mintzberg, Ahlstrand, and Lampel provide the oft-cited "The Blind Men and the Elephant" by John Godfrey Saxe as

Personal Reading List: 1Q2010

My personal reading list for January, February, and March 2010. Color Key: Special Notes, Currently Queued, Completed Reading . Updated throughout the Quarter. Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships, by Ross Dawson, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005. Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results, by Thomas H. Davenport, Harvard Business School Press, 2010. Coders at

New Book Review: "The Integration Imperative"

Recently posted book review for The Integration Imperative: Erasing Marketing and Business Development Silos – Once and for All – in Professional Service Firms, by Suzanne C. Lowe, Professional Services Books, 2009, reposted here: Author Suzanne C. Lowe writes that many professional service firms exist in a state of confusion due to

Past Book Review (July 13, 2008): "The Opposable Mind"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking, by Roger L. Martin, Harvard Business School Press, 2007, reposted here: Great topic. Essentially, Martin argues that leaders need to integrate ideas in order to succeed. Although the

Past Book Review (May 22, 2005): "Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About"

Past book review (i.e. posted prior to starting this blog) for Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About, by Donald E. Knuth, Center for the Study of Language and Information – Lecture Notes, 2003, reposted here: In modern, Western, pluralistic, secular culture, it is currently still difficult for many to

Product Reviews: Part 2

As of today, 500 helpful votes have been received on Amazon for the various reviews I have written.

Google Analytics: 1 Week

Just this past week, I set up Google Analytics for this blog, and I plan to post periodic updates in the future to share traffic information. The following diagram is a map overlay for the number of visits this past week: And the following diagram is a map overlay for

New Book Review: "First Among Equals"

Recently posted book review for First Among Equals: How to Manage a Group of Professionals, by Patrick J. McKenna and David H. Maister, Free Press, 2005, reposted here: Admittedly, this reviewer does agree with some of the earlier reviews here that this book does borrow some material from other works,

Pro Bono: Taproot Foundation Project Manager - Part 2

My pro bono Taproot Foundation project team completed the Draft Direction phase last night according to the Ernst & Young devised methodology (the current Project Management Institute equivalent is the Executing and Controlling phase) currently being executed for our nonprofit client in the Chicago Loop. Clockwise from left: Michael Bird