Month: November 2014
HOW: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything (Expanded Edition) Dov Seidmnan John Wiley & Sons (2011) HOW to manage the relationship between success and significance, not only to survive but also to thrive I read this book when it…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Nancy Lublin featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * This past week, we learned that DoSomething.org is the 15th…
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The Digital Economy: Rethinking Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence (Anniversary Edition) Don Tapscott McGraw-Hill (2014) A brilliant exploration and analysis of what has become an “age of connected intelligence” worldwide This is the 20th Anniversary Edition…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a brilliant article written by Richard Dobbs, Sree Ramaswamy, Elizabeth Stephenson, and S. Patrick Viguerie for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why the collision of technological disruption,…
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The Shifts and the Shocks: What We’ve learned — and Have Still to Learn — from the Financial Crisis Martin Wolf Penguin Press (2014) How and why the financial and economic crises that hit the high-income countries after August 2007…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by David Zinger featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Don’t go looking for your well-being outside of work when…
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Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love Jon Kolko Harvard Business Review Press (2014) How to focus on people, celebrate emotional value, and drive optimism through lateral and divergent thinking I share Jon Kolko’s high regard for…
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I have been a lifelong student of etymology: the original meaning of words. This is an endlessly fascinating subject because some words retain the sense of their original meeting but have different applications. For example, “sarcasm.” Its original meaning is…
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Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work Liz Wiseman Harper Business (2014) Quaerere Eruditionem: Always “Seek Learning” In her previously published books, Liz Wiseman shares her thoughts about the power of multiplication, a force that…
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Gary Hamel on “The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation”
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gary Hamel for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…
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