[Ipg-smz] The Pat McGovern book ...

[Jaikumar Vijayan]

During the 20 years I was at IDG the things I remember him for the most are
his rainbow memos complimenting writers and staff about a job well done and
his personally handing out bonuses and chatting with every single U.S.
employee come Christmas. Made you feel like you were part of a big family.







Jai Vijayan
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On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Steve Wexler <
stevewexler.wordslingers at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fascinating first chapter, and it helps explain one of his capabilities
> which so impressed me when I first experienced it.
> I had met him a few times when he set up and later visited IDC Canada, and
> I eventually became part of the IDG family in the late '80s, but it was in
> Beijing in '88 when he gave out gifts to 80 or so publishers and editors,
> and offered a rhyme for each one, without any notes or prompts. Really
> impressive, to go along with a lifetime of impressive achievements.
> Thnx.
>
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 at 03:04, David Needle <davidneedle at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Future Forward, the business book on IDG's late founder and CEO Pat
>> McGovern, just came out and author Glenn Rifkin is going on a book tour. I
>> plan on seeing him when he's in the Bay Area next week (he's based in the
>> Boston area).
>>
>> It looks like a great book from the excerpts I've seen, though I'm sure
>> it doesn't hurt that Pat has a special connection to most anyone who worked
>> at IDG.
>>
>> You can read an excerpt and see a brief video with Glenn and shots of
>> Chairman Pat here:
>>
>> https://www.futureforwardbook.com/
>> The short video is quite well done and the final frame at the end says it
>> all - showing how Pat literally went the extra mile to make it a truly
>> international company.
>>
>> * Glenn is hoping to get coverage for the book. If anyone is interested
>> in speaking with him, feel free to connect with him at
>> grifkin at comcast.net
>>
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