Johnny Bunko

Don’t be so smart

(cross-posted from JohnnyBunko.com)The older I get, the more I realize how stupid it is to be, try to be, or think you are the smartest person in the room. Now comes a bit of empirical proof.Here’s a short audio op-ed from social psychologist Robert Cialdini, co-author of the outstanding new book Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to […]


Free teleconference: Friday June 6 at Noon (EDT)

Please join me for a free one-hour teleconference on Friday June 6 at Noon (EDT), 9am (PDT).  I’ll be talking about the ideas in The Adventures of Johnny Bunko and how people can use the book’s six lessons to boost their professional success and personal fulfillment.We’re expecting about 500 people on the call from all over the […]


Reynolds’s rap

Garr Reynolds, author of one of the year’s hottest and most valuable business books, Presentation Zen,has put together a very cool slide presentation that summarizes Johnny Bunko. | View | Upload your own  


Bunko Breakfast in Boston — Tuesday 8am

(cross-posted from JohnnyBunko.com) One way we’re trying to bring readers together and to talk about Johnny’s six lessons is through a set of informal Bunko breakfasts.  At certain stops in my travels, I’ll find a well-located coffee joint, set a date and time, and invite whoever wants to participate to join us for an hour of […]


Book industry factoid of the day

“In 2007 graphic novel sales in the U.S. and Canada were $375 million, a 12% rise from 2006 and quintuple the sales number from 2001.” (Source:  PW, reporting on an ICv2 white paper)


JohnnyBunko.com’s growing pains

We’re launching JohnnyBunko.com today. But in order to accommodate the traffic, we’ve had to switch servers — a switch that’s taking longer than we expected. If you visit now (Wednesday morning), you’ll get an error message. Sorry about that. We should be up and running later in the day. (UPDATE, 11:45am EDT:  At long last, the site is […]


Shipping news

 At long last, online booksellers have begun shipping copies of The Adventures of Johnny Bunko. Look for the official book launch on Monday April 7. Meantime, for a free 23-page preview PDF and some other info, check out the now-rudimentary Bunko website, the non-rudimentary version of which will also launch on Monday.   


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BW goes Bunko

BusinessWeek is the first publication out of the gates on Johnny Bunko. Read Susan Berfield’s story — headlined “Career Advice from a Comic Book” — here.

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