Month: December 2020

The mindsets and practices of excellent CEOs

December 15, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Carolyn Dewar, Martin Hirt, 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…

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What Made Leonardo Such a Great Artist? Science, Says a New Book

December 14, 2020

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Parul Sehgal for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscriptions, please click here. * * * When testing a new…

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How to Actually Encourage Employee Accountability

December 14, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ron Carucci 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,…

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Google’s Project Magenta: Using machine learning to create compelling music

December 13, 2020

In The Artist in the Machine, Arthur I. Miller provides a thorough examination of the world of AI-powered creativity. “Twenty-first century computers equipped with neural networks can learn the rules of baroque music from Bach’s scores and work out for…

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Recommendation Engines: A book review by Bob Morris

December 12, 2020

Recommendation Engines (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Michael Schrage The MIT Press (September 2020) How and why recommendation engines can help to create more valuable people I have not read in recent years a more entertaining or a more…

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Meditations (The Philosophy Classic): A book review by Bob Morris

December 11, 2020

Meditations: The Philosophy Classic Marcus Aurelius Introduction by Donald Robertson; Edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone/A Wiley Brand (February 2020) “The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.” The statement by Marcus Aurelius (121-180…

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How Francis Ford Coppola Got Pulled Back In to Make ‘The Godfather, Coda’

December 11, 2020

If I were to create a list of what I consider to be the ten all-time greatest films, two of them would be the first two of the three ‘Godfather’ films. In an article written by Dave Itzkoff for The…

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The wit and wisdom of Stan Lee

December 10, 2020

Stan Lee (1922-2018) was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics. Stan was born in New York City, to Celia (Solomon) and Jack Lieber, a dress cutter. His parents were…

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Make Mindfulness a Habit

December 10, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Matthias Birk 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,…

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The wit and wisdom of Polly Parton

December 9, 2020

Dolly Parton is a cultural icon whose powerful voice and songwriting skills have established her as a presence on both the country and pop music charts for decades. She initially found success with country star Porter Wagoner, before embarking on…

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