Month: March 2016
How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life Caroline Webb Crown Business (2016) “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard I selected the…
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Infusing your organization with a design-driven culture that puts the customer first may provide not only real, measurable results but also a distinct competitive advantage. Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Hugo Sarrazin and Jennifer Kilian conducted…
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Integrated Thinking: The New IT Sue Pearson CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform/Amazon (2015) The potential power and impact of a new way of thinking in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous global marketplace Note: My review is of the second edition…
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Not a week goes by that I do not consult my collection of quotations from the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson. I also make it a point to re-read an essay or two (often “The American Scholar” and “Self-Reliance”) at…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Kevin Spacey by Alison Beard 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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Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master to Truly Transform Our Schools Ron Ritchhart Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2016) “Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.” Pablo Picasso As I began to read…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Ruben Schaubroeck, Rob Theunissen, and Felicita Holsztejn Tarczewski for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the…
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Opinions vary as to what defines a “classic” business book. My own opinion is that it offers insights and counsel that are of timeless value. To paraphrase Bernard of Chartres, a 12th century monk, their authors are the shoulders upon…
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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 Joshua Reeves, C.E.O. and co-founder…
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No, Not Trump, Not Ever
Here is a brief excerpt from another timely and thoughtful article by David Brooks for The New York Times. Thanks to him, I now understand why so many people are attracted to Donald Trump. And now Brooks speaks for me…
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