The Best Business Book Title Award
At last, the waiting is over. Over several bottles of Glenmorangie, and after intense, all-night cross-party meetings in smoke-filled rooms at Parliament — well, actually, it was just David Farrar and me, over two cups of coffee and Eggs Benedict at Vista on a sunny Wellington afternoon — the judges have reached their verdict.
From a dazzlingly clever (or just plain odd) field, the judges have highly commended the following entries:
- Accounting Secrets of the Quipu, by Rod Drury (Bwooce)
- Discipline in the Workplace, by Sue Bradford(Glenn)
- Rich Dad, Rich Dad, by D Myers (also Glenn)
- Successful Team Building, by Bill Ralston (David Schnellenberg)
- Guaranteed returns: A Guide to Property & Foreign Exchange Investment, by Doc Bollard (Jason)
- Brand Aid: Seven Secrets to Boosting Your Media Profile, by the Exclusive Brethren (also Jason)
- Doing Your Business in Public, by Jerry Collins (Andrew Bannister)
- Australian Expansion Secrets, by Stephen Tindall & Theresa Gattung (John, who deserves a special round of applause for the most entries).
And now, the moment everyone has been waiting for - the winner of the En Avant Best Kiwi Business Book Title Award for 2007 is (drumroll, please):
- Corporate Uniformity: Brand Enforcement, by the Mongrel Mob (submitted by Bwooce).
Bwooce wins the acclaim of the blogosphere, and a drink with me - chief judge Jim Donovan. My thanks to my co-judge David Farrar and to the Economist blog for the idea.
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