Month: February 2014
What Great Brands Do: The Seven Brand-Building Principles that Separate the Best from the Rest Denise Lee Yohn Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2014) How and why your brand “is the experience that is actually delivered and communicated through everything you do”…
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In a recent post for the First Friday Book Synopsis website, Randy Mayeux observes: “I’ve read business books for decades, and presented synopses of many of them for nearly 16 full years. You know what? There is not all that…
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Here is an excerpt from a classic article by Richard S. Tedlow in which the Harvard business historian explains how Intel’s legendary chief , Andrew Grove, became the best model we have for leading a business in the 21st…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Judith E. Glaser for the Vistage blog. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and learn more about Vistage, please click here. * * * Fear somehow touches almost every…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Andy Ambraziejus, Managing Editor of AMACOM Books. He shares his thoughts about the important role of bookstores as physical spaces for book lovers and readers. To read the complete article at the…
Read MoreRichard Tedlow is the Class of 1949 Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where he is a specialist in the history of business. He received his BA from Yale and his MA and PhD in history from…
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Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you may already know, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…
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Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan Francesca Gino Harvard Business Review Press (2013) A brilliant analysis of how we make decisions and why some decisions can be inconsistent with our original As…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Katy George, Sree Ramaswamy, and Lou Rassey for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain why proximity to demand and innovative supply ecosystems will trump labor costs…
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Scott Anthony on “Eight Essential Questions for Every Corporate Innovator”
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Scott Anthony for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR…
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