Month: May 2015

Remembering Dave Goldberg, the Ultimate Mensch

May 13, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article by Adam Grant featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Most of us are lucky if…

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Mending the STEM Gap

May 13, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sarah Fister Gale for Talent Management magazine. She suggests that increasing the number of women in STEM jobs requires companies to adjust their recruiting strategies and broader cultural norms. To read…

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The case for behavioral strategy

May 13, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription…

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Grow fast or die slow: Pivoting beyond the core

May 12, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Rishi Kant, Eric Kutcher, Mitra Mahdavian, and Kara Sprague for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about…

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Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: A book review by Bob Morris

May 12, 2015

Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact Annette Simmons AMACOM (May 2015) How to “lay the groundwork for using stories as credible tools” to “adjust the perceptions your stories…

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Don’t Take Shortcuts, Even When No One Is Looking

May 12, 2015

Here is an article written by Stan McChrystal for a new series featured by LinkedIn Plus. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * The cold fall evening…

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The Dawn of Next Generation Thinkers

May 11, 2015

Here is an excerpt from a recent blog post co-authored by Des Dearlove and Stuart Crainer for the Thinkers50 website. To read the complete article, check out the abundance of resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos) in “The Corner Office”

May 11, 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 Tony Hsieh, C.E.O. of Zappos.com,…

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Are you ready to decide?

May 11, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Philip Meissner, Olivier Sibony, and Torsten Wulf for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

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Twyla Tharp’s 50 Years of Forward Movement

May 10, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Gia Kourlas for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo Credit: Andrea Mohin/The New York Times *…

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