Month: July 2015
Peter J. Boni has advanced by taking on the tough assignments of repositioning organizations that had run aground. During his career, he added nearly $5 billion of value as a science and technology CEO (public, private, IPO), consultant, director, and…
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In Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, Jeff Sutherland shares his thoughts about how to eliminate waste or at least reduce it substantially in the workplace. I agree with him that waste is at…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Allen C. Guelzo that appeared in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Tamara Shopsin * *…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Danny Heitman that appeared in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * With household decluttering now…
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In Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect, Matthew D Lieberman observes, “Just as there are multiple social networks on the Internet such as Facebook and Twitter, each with its own strengths, there are also multiple social networks in…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Margaret A. Neale and Thomas Z. Lys for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…
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I recently re-read Dan Kahneman‘s Thinking, Fast and Slow, and was amazed by how much that I noted in his narrative, this time, that I had either missed or misunderstood during previous readings. In Chapter 19, “The Illusion of Understanding,…
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Transformative HR: How Great Companies Use Evidence-Based Change for Sustainable Advantage John W. Boudreau and Ravin Jesuthasan Joszsey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) How and why the principles underlying evidence-based change bring clarity and validity to decisions about human capital In my…
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Here is a video of a mini-interview of Rosabeth Moss Carter by Rodney Slater for C-Span2’s BookTV series. Slater served as transportation secretary during the Clinton administration (1997-2001). Harvard Business School professor Kanter discusses with him America’s transportation infrastructure. She…
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The Science of Inside Out
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Dacher Keltner and Paul Ekman for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo Credit: Gérard DuBois * *…
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