Month: April 2019

David Miliband of the International Rescue Committee: “The Devil Can’t Have the Best Tunes”

April 30, 2019

Here is David Gelles’ interview of David Miliband (right) for The New York Times. To read the complete article and check out other resources, please click here. Credit: Guerin Blask for The New York Times * * * The son of…

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5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Design Team

April 30, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Leah Buley 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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Economic Dignity

April 29, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Gene Sperling for Democracy (A Journal of Ideas). To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * We must not lose sight of what economic…

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HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically: A book review by Bob Morris

April 29, 2019

HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (January 2019) “We did what all wise men do. We began at the end.”  Menachem Begin Prime Minister Begin’s comment was his response when asked how he and President…

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Late Bloomers: A book review by Bob Morris

April 28, 2019

Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement Rich Karlgaard Currency (April 16, 2019) Some ugly ducklings become beautiful swans just as some clumsy swans become high-flying ducks Rich Karlgaard defines a late bloomer “as…

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Wanted: Chief Ignorance Officer

April 28, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from a “classic” article written by David Gray published in 2003 in the Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and…

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The Technology Fallacy: A book review by Bob Morris

April 27, 2019

Contact: Nicholas DiSabatino <ndisabat@mit.edu> The Technology Fallacy: How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation Gerald C. Kane, Anh Nguyen Phillips, Jonathan R. Copulsky, and Garth R. Andrus MIT Press (Aporil 2019) How and why organizational challenges of digital…

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Culture for a digital age

April 27, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Julie Goran, Laura LaBerge, and Ramesh Srinivasan for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

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Intuit’s CEO on Building a Design-Driven Company

April 26, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brad Smith 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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What’s at the heart of Google’s $700 billion empire?

April 26, 2019

In A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence, Kartik Hosdanagar explains how they “are shaping our lives and how we can stay in control” of our relationships with them. He observes, “When you think of the word ‘algorithm,’ you might picture…

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