Month: February 2016
In INVENTology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World, Pagan Kennedy explains why Mother Nature can be “the ultimate mentor for both invention and innovation.” I agree with Kennedy that few people will create something entirely new but…
Read MoreThe new Daily Show host, Trevor Noah (above), is smooth and charming, but he hasn’t found his edge. Here is a brief excerpt from an article by James Parker for The Atlantic. To read the complete article, check out others,…
Read MoreHere’s a brief excerpt from an article by Leigh Buchanan for Inc. magazine. I agree that anyone can come up with a lot of ideas. According to Stanford professor Justin Berg, the trick is placing your bet on the right…
Read MoreBob Nease received his doctorate from Stanford University, where he studied methods to improve medical decisions made by doctors and patients. Before joining Express Scripts in 2001, he was an associate professor of internal medicine at Washington University in St.…
Read MoreSydney Finkelstein earned a Bcomm degree from Concordia University, an Msc. degree from the London School of Economics, and a PhD. from Columbia University. He is Steven Ross Professor of Management at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. His published works…
Read MoreWith regard to one of Michael Porter‘s classic works, On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition, in his own words: “Competition is one of society’s most powerful forces for making things better in many fields of human endeavor. The study of…
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Why agility pays
New research shows that the trick for companies is to combine speed with stability. Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Michael Bazigos, Aaron De Smet, and Chris Gagnon for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey &…
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