Month: May 2023

A Better Way to Pilot Emerging Technologies

May 11, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Torbjørn Netland, Omid Maghazei,, and Michael Lewis for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * IKEA…

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The Nine: A book review by Bob Morris

May 11, 2023

The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace Phil Simon Racket Publishing (April 2023) A thorough examination of nine of the forces that are reshaping the workplace Long ago, I concluded that — in essence — strategies are “hammers” that…

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Turnaround Time : A book review by Bob Morris

May 10, 2023

Turnaround Time: Uniting an Airline and Its Employees in the Friendly Skies Oscar Munoz HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers (May 2023) “If that’s how you’ve always done it, it’s probably wrong.”  Charles Kettering I have always been interested in books written…

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Managing Through Uncertain Times

May 10, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Abbie Lundberg for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article,  check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain information about subscription rates, please click here. *…

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No-nonsense advice about high-impact writing

May 9, 2023

John E. McIntyre is the night content production supervisor at the Baltimore Sun and author of the blog You Don’t Say at Baltimoresun.com. A former president of the American Copy Editors Society, he teaches editing at Loyola University Maryland. Here…

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What you may not already know about Quentin Tarantino

May 8, 2023

Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on March 27, 1963. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother…

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The Squid Hunter

May 8, 2023

Here is another “classic” New Yorker article written by David Grann and published on May 16, 2004. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about subscription rates, please click here. * * * Can Steve O’Shea…

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The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger

May 7, 2023

Charles Thomas Munger (born January 1, 1924) is an American billionaire investor. He is vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by Warren Buffett; Buffett has described Munger as his closest partner and right-hand man. Munger served as chairman…

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Equity in the Hybrid Office

May 5, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Curtis L. Odom, Jennifer Franczak, and Charn P. McAllister for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * *…

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Hellman’s Mayonnaise and “the rest of the story”

May 5, 2023

Most people don’t know that back in 1912, Hellmann’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call…

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