Month: April 2023

There Are Better Ways to Study That Will Last You a Lifetime

April 30, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Daniel T. Willingham for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Anne van den Boogaard * *…

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Four Ways to Build a Culture of Honesty and Avoid ‘Productivity Paranoia’

April 29, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Pamela Meyer for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * A lack of trust between colleagues and…

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Harnessing Serendipity: A book review by Bob Morris

April 29, 2023

Harnessing Serendipity: Collaboration Artists, Conveners and Connectors  David Adler with James Cornehlsen and Andrew Frothingham as well as 66 Other Collaborators Published by David Adler (April 2023) “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. “ Margaret Mead As…

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The Microstress Effect: A book review by Bob Morris

April 28, 2023

The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems — and What to Do About It Rob Cross and Karen Dillon Harvard Business Review Press (April 2023) How to create and then sustain a workplace culture of…

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What You May Not Already Know About Xi Jinping

April 27, 2023

Here is an especially interesting article by Elizabeth C. Economy, featured by the website of the Council on Foreign Relations. * * * A friend recently dropped off a hot-off-the-press copy of Xi Jinping: The Goverance of China. It is…

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Sprint: A book review by Bob Morris

April 26, 2023

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz Simon & Schuster (March 2016) Here is a unique methodology “to solve big problems, test new ideas, get…

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What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?

April 26, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Cal Newport for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Illustration of two tin cans connected with a…

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What you may not already know about Charlie Chaplin

April 24, 2023

The International Movie Database (IMDb) remains the best single source for information about filmmaking and those who create them. I urge you to check it out. For example, here is a portion of the information IMDb provides about Charlie Chaplin. …

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The Origins of Creativity

April 24, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Louis Menand, published by The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for a free newsletter, and obtain information about various subscription rates, please click here.…

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What You May Not Already Know About William Shakespeare

April 23, 2023

April 23 is William Shakespeare‘s birthday (in 1564) and probably the day on which he died in 1616. FYI, the author of Don Quixote, Miguel Cervantes, also died on the same day. Here are some interesting facts about Shakespeare that…

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