Month: March 2013

Nick Morgan on “The first step to brain mastery”

March 15, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from the first of several articles written by Nick Morgan and featured by PublicWords, a family-owned and operated company. It was founded in 1997 by Morgan, one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches. Nick…

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Lean In: Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Explains What’s Holding Women Back

March 14, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by the National Public Radio staff in which they discuss Sheryl Sanberg and her bestseller, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (March 11,…

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Brain Plasticity: How learning changes your brain

March 14, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dr. Pascale Michelon and featured at the SharpBrains website. As seen in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and more, SharpBrains is an independent market research and think…

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Spreadable Media: A book review by Bob Morris

March 14, 2013

Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, and Joshua Green New York University Press (2013) The significance of the shift from a culture shaped by traditional media toward one fostering greater grassroots participation…

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John Hagel III and John Seely Brown on “Institutional Innovation”

March 14, 2013

Institutions that can drive accelerated learning will be the most likely to thrive in today’s environment of exponential technology change and market uncertainty. Institutional innovation can allow organizations to rearchitect themselves to scale learning and generate richer innovations at other…

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An Interview of Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard

March 13, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt (i.e. introduction and two Q&As) from an interview of Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard, conducted by David A. Byrne, for Poets & Quants, an online source that covers all that matters in the business…

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TIME Magazine’s All-Time Top 10 Commencement Speeches

March 13, 2013

Over the years, I have participated (as student or teacher) in 15 commencement exercises and attended at least another dozen as a parent or grandparent. At the moment, I cannot remember a single speaker, much less any of the remarks.…

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How to Make Emotional Connections with Your Employees

March 13, 2013

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. The higher up you go in an organization, the more important is to…

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Leigh Thompson: An interview by Bob Morris

March 13, 2013

Leigh Thompson is the J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution & Organizations in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She directs the highly successful Kellogg executive course, Leading High Impact Teams, and the Kellogg Team and Group…

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The Perils of Preaching to Children

March 12, 2013

A Baptist pastor was presenting a children’s sermon. During the sermon, he asked the children if they knew what the resurrection was. Now, asking questions during children’s sermons is crucial, but at the same time, asking children questions in front…

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