Commentaries

The Three Traps That Stymie Reinvention

September 10, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ryan Raffaelli 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: Nash Weerasekera…

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Three Ways to Improve Your Decision-Making

September 9, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Walter Frick for Harvard Business Review (January 22, 2018). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration…

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The automation imperative

September 6, 2024

Here is a brief excerpt from a classis article that shares the results of a major survey, featured in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the…

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Lessons to be learned from Pixar about a “creative culture”

September 5, 2024

Here is my take on what Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson learned during a lengthy and probing study of the Pixar culture: 1. Celebrate failure with the same intensity as you celebrate success. View each setback as a precious learning…

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The building blocks of behavioral strategy

September 4, 2024

Here is an excerpt from another “classic” article written by Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony 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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The Promise and Peril of AI at Work

September 4, 2024

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Eben Harrell for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Jiawen Chen…

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Three Questions to Ask About Your Digital Strategy

September 3, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Murat Tarakci, Fabian J. Sting, Jan Recker and Gerald C. Kane for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and obtain…

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What you may not already know about the first Labor Day

September 2, 2024

Before I began some research on the subject years ago, I did not know that, until Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, laborers who chose to participate in parades to celebrate anything had to forfeit a day’s wages.…

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Hybrid Work: How Leaders Build In-Person Moments That Matter

August 30, 2024

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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Collaboration and Teams: Tom Brady on the Art of Leading Teammates

August 28, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written byTom Brady and Nitin Nohria for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Mario…

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