Month: January 2017
Jim Collins provides the Foreword to the 50th anniversary edition of Peter Drucker’s classic, The Effective Executive, a book first published in 1967. Consider this passage: “Here are ten lessons I learned from Peter Drucker and this book, and that…
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The New York Times Book of Science: More than 150 Years of Groundbreaking Scientific Coverage David Corcoran, Editor Sterling Publishing Group (2015) How “progress in science extends the reach of certainty into precisely articulated realms of uncertainty” In the Foreword,…
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In Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos, Heidi Gardner explains how leaders in almost organization can establish or strengthen a workplace culture within which smart collaboration is most likely to thrive. As she explains,…
Read MoreThe 60s: The Story of a Decade Henry Finder, Editor Random House (October 2016) Here is an incomparable collective portrait of a truly galvanizing era For more than 90 years, The New Yorker has earned and deserves its reputation as…
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Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos Heidi K. Gardner Harvard Business Review Press (January 2017) How to establish or strengthen a workplace culture within which smart collaboration is most likely to thrive As I…
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In Ask More, Frank Sesno explains how developing “the power of questions” can help almost anyone to achieve both short- and long-term objectives, whatever they may be. For example, peak performers in executive search claim that they learn much more…
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Avid Reader: A Life Robert Gottlieb Farrah, Straus and Giroux (2016) Self-portrait of a remarkable life that continues to be driven and nourished by reading Since childhood, Robert Gottlieb has been an avid reader of books and those who write…
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Creating Minds is one of the most enjoyable as well as one of the most informative books I have ever read. Recently, I re-read it and enjoyed it even more. I have long admired Howard Gardner’s research on multiple intelligences…
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The 50s: The Story of a Decade Henry Finder, Editor Random House (2015) “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens For more than 90 years, The New Yorker has earned and deserves its…
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Restore your faith in humanity in 4 minutes flat
At a time when tragedy dominates world affairs, it’s easy to despair. But if you’re worried about losing faith in humankind, despair not: This may be an antidote. To check it out, please click here. If this video doesn’t increase…
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