KaneCo Book Club Series
Kane Consulting's “business book club” is a reading group, conversation salon and incubator for the thought leaders of tomorrow. Discussion salons on each month’s book are held the last Tuesday of the month from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at aloft Hotel in Minneapolis and are free and open to the public (RSVP is required).
About the Book Club
Do you think big thoughts?
Read like a maniac?
Get pumped about changing the world?
JOIN THE CLUB….
Each month we’re reading one business book that falls under the big picture subjects of entrepreneurism, leadership, marketing, public relations or new media (or whatever else strikes the groups’ collective fancy.)
Then, on the last Tuesday of the month, a group of us will gather at aloft Hotel in Minneapolis where we'll discuss the book, the big ideas that we learned from it and how we might use those ideas for our own businesses, industries and plans for world domination.
In between salons, we’ll use our KaneCo connections with Author Teleseminars, and the authors themselves, to hook you up with each book’s corresponding author interviews, speaking engagements and other resource material.
The book club is free, and you can come to as many or as few as you like, (you’re on your own for food/beverages though.) However, in order to make sure that the conversations stay manageable, the size of each monthly salon will be limited to a maximum of 15 attendees (which means you’ll need to RSVP if you plan to attend.)
2010 BOOK CLUB SCHEDULE
(Subject to change. More books to be announced soon.)
JANUARY: Linchpin: Are You Indispensible? by Seth Godin
FEBRUARY: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink.
MARCH: The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage by Roger Martin.
APRIL: Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Dan and Chip Heath.
MAY: Engage! The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web. by Brian Solis.
JUNE: The Cluetrain Manifesto by Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger.
JULY: Generation X by Douglas Coupland. Discussion salon on July 20* (registration will open in June). As the legend goes, this is the book that originated the term and gave voice to the generation that has gone from "McJobs" to "Corporate VP's" in the course of 15+ years. Does reality still bite? Are Xers more like Millennials than they'd care to admit? Will Boomers EVER retire? Lots to chat about on this one, folks... REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.
AUGUST: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Discussion salon on August 24 (registration will open in July). Have our interactive, hyper-connected, uber social lifestyles made our world a happier, smarter place? Revisit Bradbury's utopian future where trivial information is good and knowledge and ideas are bad. (Bonus "irony points" if you read this on your Kindle).
SEPTEMBER: Open Leadership by Charlene Li on September 28 (registration will open in August). "Be Open, Be Transparent, Be Authentic" are the current leadership mantras—but companies often push back. Charlene Li (the coauthor of the blockbusting bestseller Groundswell) offers the next step resource that shows leaders how to tap into the power of the social technology revolution and use social media to be "open" while maintaining control.
OCTOBER: Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age by Clay Shirky on October 26 (registration will open in September). The author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us from consumers to collaborators, unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world.
NOVEMBER: You Are Not a Gadget by Jason Lanier on November 30 (registration will open in October). For the most part, Web 2.0 is hailed as an emerging Golden Age of information sharing and collaborative achievement. Jaron Lanier isn't buying it and argues the opposite: that unfettered--and anonymous--ability to comment results in cynical mob behavior, the shouting-down of reasoned argument, and the devaluation of individual accomplishment.
*July book club will be moved up one week so as not to conflict with Brian Solis event on July 27.
