iTunes Podcasts for Business
Posted on November 29, 2007 - Filed Under Business |
Time to share with the class.
Unless you’re a disciple of Ted Kaczynski, shunning anything electrical and reading Penthouse, by now you’ve heard about Podcasts. Our friends over at Apple use iTunes to keep these Podcasts "downloadable" for anyone to access at any time.
iTunes has this section marked "iTunes U" - which I guess is cool-speak for University. A series of lectures from various universities has been captured and placed onto the web for anyone to listen to, for free.
And it’s not just any "back of an un-marked van" university. UC Berkeley, Duke, MIT . . . Listen to lectures on advanced theoretical physics or even Existentialism, if that’s your thing.
Since neither subject is the intent of this blog, why bring it up?
The section titled American Public Media has a business and economics link. Under this, you will find my preferred topic: Leadership. The top CEO’s of various companies have lent their voices to brief, 5 minutes interviews. Starbucks, Harley Davidson, Xerox . . . Yes there’s even a lecture with Pulte Homes for the Real Estate junkies.
Quite interesting to hear them speak. It’s different than reading in a magazine. Catching them while speaking layers them as 3 dimensional characters, giving them some kind of normal human quality. Easy to relate with. Often times humorous.
Of the series, I captured some quotes that appealed to me.
"The old adage that the customer is always right is a fraud." - Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines
"We came out with the egg-salad pizza the same day [...] the report came out from the government about eggs and cholesterol." - Larry Flax, Rick Rosenfeild - California Pizza Kitchen
My next target shall be on Entrepreneurship and Small Business.
Here’s a screen shot, showing the navigation path. Click to enlarge.
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