{"id":45348,"date":"2025-09-26T21:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/45348\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T21:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:03:08","slug":"wisdom-and-books-from-the-board-of-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/45348\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisdom And Books From The Board of Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Every year Forrester hosts its Board of Clients \u2014 executives from our top clients that convene to advise us on strategy, product, packaging, marketing, and research coverage. Verticals represented included airlines, insurance companies, banks, tech companies, food distribution, energy distribution, and healthcare. This was the 26th year of the Board and it was one of the most creative and dynamic meetings in its history \u2014 not surprising given that all of us are living in the emerging world of AI.<\/p>\n

At the dinner the night before our meeting we discussed two things:\u00a0 1) How we keep ourselves and our teams centered and productive in these turbulent times, and, 2) What books we are currently reading and would recommend. Here are some of those thoughts\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI use the tools on my iPhone to limit how much time I spend on social media. One hour per day is a good number.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have my phone revert to black and white at 8:00 P.M. every night \u2013 so it\u2019s not that fun to look at.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI encourage my team members to be with their families. Families keep people happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI make a point of not listening to the media in the morning \u2013 with newscasters talking about the end of the world. Instead, I listen to a book or a great podcast in my car.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have set aside one hour per week where members of my team come together to talk about the biggest problems they are trying to solve. It\u2019s a \u2018no judgement\u2019 \u2018free speech\u2019 environment where we don\u2019t hide anything and we are all helping each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI read 1440 instead of the mainstream media. 1440 is an email news source that is short and unbiased.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA third of the day is my time, a third is coaching and investing in my team, and a third is working on my direct responsibilities. That structure keeps me and my team balanced.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI make a point of taking personal time off. Vacations are important.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Thursday from 1-5 my entire team focuses on training and development \u2013 no meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI cycle to work one day per week. It keeps me sane.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce per month I hold a brown bag session for my team where one member explains what they do in the company and their stories. This has broadened our understanding of what we are all trying to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI talk to my parents every week. Family helps keep me OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

And a some of the books recommended by Board members:<\/p>\n

Sticking Points:\u00a0 Sticking Points: How to Get 5 Generations Working Together in the 12 Places They Come Apart: Shaw, Haydn, Covey, Stephen M. R.: 9781496447845: Amazon.com: Books<\/a><\/p>\n

The Writing of The Gods:\u00a0 Amazon.com: The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone: 9781501198946: Dolnick, Edward: Books<\/a><\/p>\n

How The World Really Works:\u00a0 How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We\u2019re Going , Smil, Vaclav \u2013 Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Eight Laws of Customer Focused Leadership:\u00a0 Amazon.com: The 8 Laws Of Customer-Focused Leadership: New Rules for Building A Business Around Today\u2019s Customer eBook : Morgan, Blake: Kindle Store<\/a><\/p>\n

My Friends:\u00a0 My Friends: A Novel \u2013 Kindle edition by Backman, Fredrik. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

Trust and Inspire:\u00a0 Amazon.com: Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others eBook : Covey, Stephen M.R., Kasperson, David, Covey, McKinlee, Judd, Gary T.: Kindle Store<\/a><\/p>\n

Wonderful meeting \u2014 the Board keeps Forrester Customer Obsessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every year Forrester hosts its Board of Clients \u2014 executives from our top clients that convene to advise…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[288,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-45348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}