Month: May 2020
How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom Matt Ridley Harper (May 2020) “Innovation offers the carrot of spectacular reward or the stick of destitution.” Joseph Schumpeter In the Introduction to his brilliant book, Matt Ridley cites a concept…
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“The Power of Introverts” is among the most popular of all TED programs. Thus far, it has been viewed 26,291,847 times and I highly recommend it to you. In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above…
Read MoreLarry Kramer (above) Credit…Todd Heisler/The New York Times “He showed us that liberation from oppression was a matter of life and death.” With the brevity and precision for which he is deservedly renowned, Tony Kushner makes an important point when…
Read MoreIn How Innovation Works, Matt Ridley observes: “The twentieth century saw only one innovative source of energy on any scale: nuclear power. (Wind and solar, though much improved and with a promising future, still supply less than 2 per cent…
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Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing Joseph L. Badaracco Harvard Business Review Press (2002) The potential power and impact of “small and obscure deeds” Note: I just re-read it and all that Joseph Badaracco affirms is…
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Here are some principles you can apply to any form of nature study. They are provided by David Sibley. A birder and artist, he is author of What It’s Like to Be a Bird, from which this is adapted. Credit…Illustrations…
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition Stephen R. Covey with Sean Covey Simon & Schuster (May 2020) A classic of personal growth even more valuable today than it was when first published in 1989 First of…
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Strategic Analytics: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2020) What makes a company’s strategy or business model possible? This is one of the first volumes in a new series published by Harvard…
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Here is a reprise of one of my most popular blog posts. The selections were made by the Harvard Business Review Staff. Illustration credit: peshkov/Getty Images * * * ‘Tis the season for “best of” lists, so we looked…
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The irrational side of change management
Here is an excerpt from another classic article, written by Carolyn Dewar and Scott Keller, for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…
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