Month: March 2019
Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries Safi Bahcall St. Martin’s Press (March 2019) If an idea doesn’t sound loony, it probably needs much more development…and protection. In this compellingly entertaining as…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Michael Birshan, Thomas Meakin, and Kurt Strovink 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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In Possible Minds, Frank Wilczek is one of 25 thought leaders who address the promise and peril of AI. Here are three of his most influential observations: 1. “Francis Crick called it ‘the Astonishing Hypothesis’: That consciousness, also known as…
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The New York Times has created a truly unique and invaluable series of profiles — on videotape — of famous people just before their death. They include (in alpha order) Edward Albee, Barbara Bush, John Glenn, Stephen Hawking, Hugh…
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A family member sent this material to me. Neither of us knows the original source. (Do you? If so, please let me know.) Briefly, a heteronym consists of two or more words which are spelled identically but have different sounds…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Bernhard Babel, Kevin Buehler, Adam Pivonka, Bryan Richardson, and Derek Waldron for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn…
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The Marketing Imagination Expanded Edition) Theodore Levitt Free Press (1986) There is no other single source of greater value…none Do not be misled by the date of this Expanded Edition: Of the more than 27 gazillion books on marketing now…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Jacqueline Brassey, Lisa Christensen, and Nick van Dam 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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The Innovation Race: How to Change a Culture to Change the Game Andrew Grant and Gaia Grant John Wiley & Sons (November 2016) Why the best way to win an innovation race may be to stop viewing engagement in the…
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Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates by Asking Them the Wrong Questions
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nilofer Merchant 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 HBR email alerts, please click…
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