Month: February 2015

A Brief History of Decision Making in Business

February 3, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Leigh Buchanan and Andrew O’Connell 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…

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Teaching in Motion

February 3, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Tony Dunckel for EdTech Digest in which he discusses the challenges of developing a powerful iPad app to help teachers create and publish dynamic video lessons. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up…

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The Algorithmic CEO

February 3, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Ram Charan for FORTUNE magazine in which he urges his readers to get ready for “the most sweeping business change since the Industrial Revolution.” To read the complete article, check out…

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The Organized Mind: Daniel J. Levitin Talks Thinking Straight

February 2, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Daniel J. Levitin conducted by Yael Grauer for contentedy.com. To read the complete interview and check out other resources, please click Daniel J. Levitin’s new book, The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight…

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From Risk to Resilience: Learning to Deal With Disruption

February 2, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Joseph Fiksel, Mikaella Polyviou, Keely L. Croxton and Timothy J. Pettit for the MIT Sloan Management Review. In it, they explain why, in order to prosper in the face of…

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Marla Malcolm Beck (chief executive of Bluemercury) in “The Corner Office”

February 2, 2015

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 Marla Malcolm Beck, chief executive…

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You really can — and should — argue with success

February 1, 2015

In a article written for The Wall Street Journal, “Deflategate Masks the Many Virtues of Belichick” (January 31, 2015), Christopher Caldwell asserts, “Forget the football-deflation scandal: the Patriots’ head coach is one of the best ever.” Caldwell and most others…

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Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

February 1, 2015

Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader Herminia Ibarra Harvard Business Review Press (2015) What outsight is, how to develop it, and why leaders who possess it have much greater impact Herminia Ibarra notes that research on how adults…

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