Month: May 2014

Yves Morieux: “As work gets more complex, here are 6 rules to simplify.”

May 14, 2014

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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Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner on “How and why to think like a freak”

May 14, 2014

In their latest book, Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner cite several examples of people who trick guilty parties (i.e. those who prey upon people who are ignorant…

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Mark Josephson (chief executive of Bitly) in “The Corner Office”

May 13, 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 Mark Josephson, chief executive of…

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Humans of New York: A book review by Bob Morris

May 13, 2014

Humans of New York Brandon Stanton St. Martin’s Press (2013) Images of a city unlike any other in combination with the essence of those who live there Brandon Stanton dedicated this book to the City of New York, observing “I…

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Grow fast or die slow

May 13, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Eric Kutcher, Olivia Nottebohm, and Kara Sprague for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why software and online-services companies can quickly become billion-dollar giants,…

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E.B. White on “Winding the Clock”

May 13, 2014

We all have dark and dank moments — sometimes days — when our spirit sags and we feel defeated, at least temporarily. Whenever I do, I re-read a letter written by E.B. White in response to a request for advice,…

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Denise Lee Yohn: An interview by Bob Morris

May 12, 2014

Blending a fresh perspective, twenty-five years of experience, and a talent for inspiring audiences, Denise Lee Yohn is a leading authority on building and positioning exceptional brands. She initially cultivated her brand-building approaches through several high-level positions in advertising and…

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Infinite Reality: A book review by Bob Morris

May 12, 2014

Infinite Reality: The Hidden Blueprint of Our Virtual Lives Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson William Morrow/An Imprint of HaroerCollins (2011) How and why virtual reality is changing human nature, societies and cultures as we know them…for better or worse According…

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Wayne Jackson (chief executive of Sonatype) in “The Corner Office”

May 12, 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 Wayne Jackson, chief executive of…

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Sheila Margolis on “Diverse Perspectives on Employee Engagement”

May 11, 2014

Interest in and disagreement about the causes and effects of employee engagement in the workplace, as well as about the absence thereof, seem certain to continue in months and years to come. Quite by accident, I came upon a remarkably…

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