Month: January 2014

Caroline Winter on “The TEDification of Corporate America”

January 11, 2014

Here is a brief article by Caroline Winter for Bloomberg Businessweek. To check out other resources, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration by 731 * * * Last November, State Street introduced a…

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Geoffrey Moore on “Collaboration: A Generation Gap”

January 11, 2014

Here is a brief article written by Geoffrey Moore for LinkedIn Pulse. To check out a wealth of other resources and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Collaboration is the mode of work most privileged…

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6 Fundamentals That Can Make You A Better Manager In 2014

January 10, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Victor Lipman for Forbes. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * When it comes to management, I’ve always been a…

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Sally Krawcheck’s “Big Idea 2014”: Investing Will Completely Change

January 10, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Sally Krawscheck for LinkedIn’s “Big Ideas 2014” series in which LinkedIn Influencers pick one big idea that will shape 2014. . To read the complete article and check out others,…

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The Well Played Game: A book review by Bob Morris

January 10, 2014

The Well-Played Game: A Player’s Philosophy Bernard De Koven The MIT Press (2013) How and why well-played games become a well-played life, full of joy shared with others As I read and then re-read this new edition of The Well-Played…

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Building the creative economy: An interview with Richard Florida

January 9, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an edited version of an interview of Richard Florida by Rik Kikland, senior managing editor of McKinsey Publishing, in which Florida explains how creative companies and the venture capital that drives them are increasingly…

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Jason Pontin: Can technology solve our big problems?

January 9, 2014

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences —…

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Dara Richardson-Heron (chief executive of the Y.W.C.A.) in “The Corner Office”

January 9, 2014

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Dara Richardson-Heron, chief executive of…

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Relatively brilliant insights from Albert Einstein

January 8, 2014

Here is a selection of my favorite observations by Albert Einstein (1879-1955). o “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.” o “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an…

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To Manage Well, Get Out of the Way

January 8, 2014

“So much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work.” Peter Drucker Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all…

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