The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

http://tinyurl.com/226qgw

The Starfish and the Spider explores what happens when starfish take on spiders (such as the music industry vs. Napster, Kazaa, and the P2P services that followed). It reveals how established companies and institutions, from IBM to Intuit to the US government, are also learning how to incorporate starfish principles to achieve success. The book explores:
* How the Apaches fended off the powerful Spanish army for 200 years
* The power of a simple circle
* The importance of catalysts who have an uncanny ability to bring people together
* How the Internet has become a breeding ground for leaderless organizations
* How Alcoholics Anonymous has reached untold millions with only a shared ideology and without a leader

I could re-title this "Committees Without Chairs"

language learning through music

> earworms mbt©-accelerated language learning to groovy music.
>
> By just listening to these music CDs you pick up a language. It's
> an amazingly simple idea and it really works! You just listen to
> these songs as if you were listening to the radio. But instead of
> just relaxing, you are relaxing and learning. After just a few
> listenings, foreign words keep popping up in your head. It's almost
> like magic!
>
> Take a look: www.earwormslearning.com

good idea.... couldn't find the price

Language Learning Podcasts & other resources

http://www.word2word.com/podad.html

has link to "free online language courses"

Has podcast links for French, Spanish, and other languages.

YMMV