Month: January 2017

Help Others Know How to Influence You

January 12, 2017

  Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * To be effective, you need to be open to…

Read More

The Story of Western Science: A book review by Bob Morris

January 11, 2017

The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory Susan Wise Bauer W.W. Norton & Company (2015) “Life is short, and Art long, the crisis fleeting; experience is perilous, and decisions difficult.” Hippocrates There…

Read More

Empathy Matters When You’re Making a Tough Decision

January 11, 2017

  Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * When faced with a hard choice, it’s comforting to…

Read More

The Secret to Better Problem Solving

January 10, 2017

During  an especially practical podcast, Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg discusses a nimbler approach to diagnosing problems than existing frameworks: reframing. He’s the author of “Are You Solving the Right Problems?” in the January/February 2017 issue of Harvard Business Review. * * *…

Read More

Albert Einstein: Anatomy of Creativity

January 10, 2017

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 recommend it even more enthusiastically now. I have long admired Howard Gardner’s research on…

Read More

Look: A book review by Bob Morris

January 9, 2017

Look: A Practical Guide for Improving Your Observational Skills James H. Gilmore Greenleaf Book Group Press (2016) How and why “what you look at informs what you think about, which [then] influences what you act upon” I share Jim Gilmore’s…

Read More

What to Consider Before Asking for New Analytics

January 9, 2017

  Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * When it comes to requesting new data or analytics…

Read More

Alex Shalman’s Favorite Inspirational Quotations

January 8, 2017

As a this New Year evolves, you may find many of these observations of special interest and value. “Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” Stephen Covey “Our greatest weakness lies in giving…

Read More

Sigmund Freud: Anatomy of Creativity

January 8, 2017

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 recommend it even more enthusiastically now. I have long admired Howard Gardner’s research on…

Read More

Top 10 from the McKinsey Quarterly: 2016

January 7, 2017

The year’s most popular articles from McKinsey Quarterly in 2016 have just been selected. Here are the first three: 1. Ahead of the curve: The future of performance management What happens after companies jettison traditional year-end evaluations?   2. Getting beyond…

Read More