Recommended Reads

1)     Change or Die:  Could you change when change matters most?, Alan Deutschman (soft cover) Collins, www.harpercollins.com

This book, which began as a sensational cover story by the same title for Fast Company explores the many myths about change and provides a proven system to help individuals and businesses make positive changes.

2)     For Honour’s Sake: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Piece, Mark Zuehlke (soft cover), Vintage Canada, www.randomhouse.ca

The author provides a picture of this important war from the perspective of the quarrels between British and American diplomats, compromises and backroom deals that influenced the diplomatic relations between the United States and Canada to this day.

3)     Competing in a Flat World:  Bulding Enterprises for a Borderless World, Victor K. Fung, William K. Fung, Yoram (Jerry) Wind (hard cover), Wharton School Publishing, www.whartonsp.com

The authors provide compelling examples of “network orchestration” and how these principles apply to business success in our new global economy for all industry sectors.

4)     Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson, Andrea Mandel-Campbell (hard cover), Douglas & McIntyre, www.douglas-mcintyre.com

Martin explores Canadian business competitiveness and economy from historical, cultural and political perspectives and provides insights to the country’s future on the global stage.

Magazines We Love for Their Ideas, Writers, Stories, Target Markets, Promotional Potential:

Azure:  Design, Architecture, Art, www.azuremagazine.com

Sherman’s Travel: Smart Luxury, www.shermanstravel.com

Fast Company, www.fastcompany.com

Wallpaper, www.wallpaper.com

Canadian Architect, www.canadianarchitect.com

Monocle, www.monocle.com

Coasting Living, www.coastalliving.com

Conde Nast Traveler, www.cntraveler.com

Canadian Geographic, www.canadiangeographic.ca