Commentaries

How enterprise architects need to evolve to survive in a digital world

September 19, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Oliver Bossert and Niels Van der Wildt 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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Under the Carpetbag: A sixty-year friendship

September 17, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John McPhee for The New Yorker (October 9, 2023). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. * *…

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The Inner Lives of the Nazis

September 15, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Isaac Chotiner for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. Illustration Credit: Photograph from ullstein…

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Are Your Presentations Too Emotional — or Too Analytical?

September 13, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nancy Duarte 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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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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