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Consulting Tip #7: Beware of Other People Using Your Intellectual Property for Their Exposure

Johanna Rothman

No payment for my time or my IP (Intellectual Property). They wanted my intellectual property for their exposure. For example, I'm doing a webinar on November 30 where the value is primarily promotion for my new book. See Project Lifecycle Workshop: How to Manage Project Risks to Release Successful Products.)

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Consulting Tip #6: Use Your Intellectual Property to Build Political Capital

Johanna Rothman

Then I read Lorin Hochstein's brilliant assessment in On productivity metrics and management consultants. McKinsey wrote that report as a way of using their intellectual property (IP) to build political capital at the client. Books, but that's a much longer effort. I tend to promote my books on podcasts.

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Manage Your Intellectual Property

Johanna Rothman

When we manage product development for organizations, we work for hire. The company hires you, pays you a wage, and in return, your intellectual property belongs to them. Books and consulting are all different beasts. You can write a book by yourself. You can create consulting services and deliver them by yourself.

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Business Book Review: Lords of Strategy

Management Consulted

We’re starting a series of guest posts offered by staff, readers and interns that are reviews of books we think are helpful for those interested in consulting (specifically) and business (in general). If you want to submit a review on a book you’ve been reading, follow the same format, target 600+ words and send it over by email!

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How to Become a Go-To Person Within a Consulting Firm

Steve Shu Consulting

Play a key role in developing new intellectual property or approaches for the firm. Although it depends on your firm, consider writing articles, whitepapers, or books. Here are some thoughts based on my past experience: Be known as a consultant that gets things done on projects in general.

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What Writers Can Do About Intended Plagiarism, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

What about a book? Plagiarism of Your Entire Book. Until I started to write books, I had no idea how many people would steal the content of my books. Some reasons are: Putting a book on a torrent site “isn't really stealing.” I spent time writing these books. Why Leave a Book on a Torrent Site.

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From Inception to Fruition

Chad Barr

First of all, I’m thrilled to announce the debut of three new books that together encapsulate my most valuable advice about web strategy. I wanted to create a series of books that encompassed the best gems of wisdom and knowledge that I could possibly share with my audience. All three of the books can be accessed here.