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Office Espionage Kit

Office_espionage_kit ThinkGeek has a spy kit for the office that includes two mirrors, a micro listening device, invisible ink pen and a book on spy tips.

October 03, 2006 in Books, Fun At Work, Office Gadgets | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Work Around The Globe

Cowherder_napping National Geographic has a new book out of fascinating photos of workers throughout the world in the most bizarre jobs. A collection of 220 photographs.

Culled from National Geographic's vast photographic archive as well as other important collections, this fascinating, wide-ranging volume presents a wonderfully varied group portrait of people at work—in great cities and tiny villages; in 19th-century China and 21st-century New York; in fields, factories, food carts, four-star restaurants, and just about everywhere else we earn our keep. We see cowboys and clowns, dancers and dog groomers, miners and models. On one page, drill sergeants bark orders to U.S. Navy recruits; on another, young Tibetan monks study Buddhist scriptures; and on another, Kenyan women spread coffee beans to dry.

September 13, 2006 in bizarre, Books, Fun At Work | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Recommended Reading

The latest issue of SHRM's HR Magazine has a list of fun non-HR books recommended by HR professionals that contain good business advice.

  • The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (Amazon link)
  • Life of Pi (link)
  • Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves (link)
  • The Night Lives On (link)
  • Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups (link)
  • John Adams (link)

Two bonus recommendations from the author to better understand group dynamics:

  • The Prince (link)
  • The Art of War (link)

September 06, 2006 in Books, Learning | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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