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Nathaniel Philbrick is a leading authority on the history of Nantucket Island. His In the Heart of the Sea won the 2000 National Book Award. Sea of Glory (2003), is about the epic U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842. Mayflower: A Story of Community, Courage, and…
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50 Politics Classics: Freedom Equality Power: Mind-Changing, World-Changing Ideas from Fifty Landmark Books Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2015) “The world is a dangerous place to live…because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” Albert EinsteinActually, the complete…
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2011) Why I think this is one of the most important books published during the past decade Given the number and quality of the reviews of this book that have…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Karel Cool, Atalay Atasu, and Nathan Furr for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please…
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Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life Hal Gregersen Harper Business (November 2018) If you want better answers, you must ask better questions In his predictably brilliant Foreword, Ed Catmull asks:…
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The Power of Closure: Why We Want It, How to Get It, nd When to Walk Away Gary McClain TarcherPerigee/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (July 2024) How to seek closure while treating both yourself and others with kindness and…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Laurianne McLaughlin for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Catch…
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Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Claudia Roth Pierpont for The New Yorker (September 8, 2008). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here.…
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A Chance Meeting: American Encounters Rachel Carson NYRB Classics (March 2024) What if? At some point, Rachel Carson must have asked herself, “What if I were a fly on the wall” when two or three American writers or artists were…
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Keeping Innovative Projects Aligned with Strategy
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ard-Pieter de Man, Anna Plotnikova, and Ludwig Hoeksema for the MIT Sloan Management Review here. Illustration Credit: Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images * * * Innovative companies have no shortage…
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