Yale University

What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team

January 16, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Charles Duhigg for The New York Times (February 25, 2016). To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about special deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. * *…

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Amy Wrzesniewski on creating meaning in your own work

April 23, 2018

Amy Wrzesniewski is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Yale School of Management, Yale University. Her research explores how people make meaning of their work, with a focus on the impact meaning has on employees and the organizations in which…

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The Essential John McCain

October 21, 2017

Over the years, I have relied on a few journalists to help me navigate my way through the forces and events that resemble a fog in everyday life. David Brooks is one of them. His mind reminds me of a…

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Daniel Kahneman: The Thought Leader Interview

August 3, 2017

Here is  the introduction to Michael Schrage’s classic interview of Daniel Kahneman, published by Strategy+Business magazine (2003). I have also included the first two Q&As. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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Robert Bruce Shaw on “Extreme Teams”: An interview by Bob Morris

March 18, 2017

Robert Bruce Shaw assists business leaders in building organizations and teams capable of superior performance. His specialty is working closely with senior executives, as individuals and as groups, on organizational and leadership effectiveness. Robert often works with leaders in new…

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Fending Off a Colleague Who Keeps Wasting Your Time

April 6, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dorie Clark for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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The huge impact of the “small liberal arts college”

January 29, 2016

The quality of education at Beloit College helps to explain why I was awarded a full scholarship for graduate study in the comparative literature department at Yale University. On numerous occasions thereafter, when asked where I had attended “school,” I…

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The Aspirational Investor: A book review by Bob Morris

June 4, 2015

The Aspirational Investor: Taming the Markets to Achieve Your Life’s Goals Ashvin B. Chhabra HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (2015) The power and prudence of an objective approach to personal goals-driven investment To what does the title of this book refer?…

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The 24/7 Work Culture’s Toll on Families and Gender Equality

June 4, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Claire Cain Miller for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * *…

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