Month: August 2024
Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits That Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest William Vanderbloemen HarperCollins Leadership/An Imprint of HarperCollins (November 2023) How determined are you to to work hard AND smart? Otherwise…. What are the defining characteristics of…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by James Baldwin for The New Yorker (November 9, 1962). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. * *…
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In one of his most thoughtful blog posts, Josh Linkner shares this anecdote: Two Zen monks were on a journey when they came to a riverbed. At the edge of the river was an elderly woman who was unable to cross…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sam Adler-Bell for The New Times (Published July 12, 2023. Updated July 13, 2023). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information…
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All-In on AI: How Smart Companies Win Big with Artificial Intelligence Tom Davenport and Nitin Mittal Harvard Business Review Press (January 2023) “By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.” Richard Dawkins In…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brian Elliott for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT…
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HBR 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2017) “Champions get up when they can’t.” Jack Dempsey This is one in a series of volumes that anthologizes what the editors of the Harvard Business Review…
Read MoreIn 1865, a German physicist, Rudolph Clausius (1822-1888), coined the term entropy during his research on heat. The word’s meaning: “a turning towards” (in Greek, en+tropein), “content transformative” or “transformative content.” Clausius used the concept to establish a mathematical foundation for the second law…
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Tickling Sharks: How We Sold Businesses on Sustainability John Elkington Fast Company Press (June 2024) “You’re going to need a larger perspective.” As I began to read Tickling Sharks, I was again reminded of Vernon Vinge’s essay, “The Coming of…
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Brilliant insights from the wonderful world of sports
Years ago, Joe Thiesman (then QB of the Washington Redskins) was angered when someone referred to “dumb jocks.” His earnest response: “Hey, we can’t all be Fred Einstein!” But the sports world can also generate some thoughtful observations. Here are some…
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