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John Campbell Butman (1951 – March 23, 2020)[1] was an American writer. He wrote several books under his own name and collaborated on more than thirty other titles, including works that were bestsellers in lists compiled by The New York Times and The Boston Globe and Economist award winners.[2]

Background[edit]

Butman graduated with a degree in film direction from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1972. He founded the content development firm Idea Platforms, Inc. in 1989, which advises and collaborates with leading thinkers, strategists, and content experts in the development of ideas, creation of books, and building of idea platforms. He was an affiliated literary agent with the Boston-based firm Kneerim & Williams. He lived in Portland, Maine.[3]

Bibliography[edit]

  • (with Simon Targett) New World, Inc: The Making of America by England's Merchant Adventurers (Little, Brown and Company, 2018) ISBN 978-0316307888[4][5]
  • Breaking Out: How To Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013) ISBN 978-1422172803[6]
  • Townie (Permanent Press, 2002) ISBN 978-1579620806[7]
  • Juran: A Lifetime of Influence (John Wiley & Sons, 1997) ISBN 978-0-47117-210-9[8]
  • The Book That's Sweeping America! Or, Why I Love Business! (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997) ISBN 978-0471173984[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "John Butman Obituary". The Boston Globe. April 15, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Butman, John (May 21, 2013). Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas. Harvard Business Review Press. ISBN 978-1422172803.
  3. ^ "John Butman | Speaker Profile and Speaking Topics". The American Program Bureau. Archived from the original on August 8, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "New World, Inc.: The Making of America by England's Merchant Adventurers". Goodreads. 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  5. ^ Morgan, Kenneth (Spring 2019). "New World, Inc.: The Making of America by England's Merchant Adventurers". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 49 (4): 659–660. doi:10.1162/jinh_r_01349. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas". GoodReads. 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  7. ^ "Fiction Book Review: TOWNIE by John Butman (192p) ISBN 978-1-57962-080-6". Publishers Weekly. August 2002. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "Book Review: Juran by John Butman". Quality Digest. October 1997. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  9. ^ Stead, Deborah (June 1, 1997). "Founding Fathers, with Different Spirits of Independence". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
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