Commentaries

The Problem with “Greedy Work”

October 23, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gretchen Gavett for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please…

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Which business books to read?

October 22, 2021

Author Talks features insightful conversations with authors on crucial management topics including leading through a crisis, unleashing innovation, achieving work-life balance, fine-tuning communication skills, coping with organizational culture shifts, and more. For this month’s best-selling business books prepared exclusively for McKinsey…

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Who was Clarence Birdseye and why is he significant?

October 21, 2021

When food is frozen slowly, at temperatures near the freezing point, ice crystals form within the animal or vegetable cells; when the food thaws, cellular fluid leaks from the damaged tissue, giving the food a mushy or dry consistency. Rapid…

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John Steele Gordon on Early-American Entrepreneurship: Frederick Tudor

October 20, 2021

Quite by accident, I came upon an especially interesting essay by John Steele Gordon (author of An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power), now featured at the Imprimis website, an online magazine published by Hillsdale College.…

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Why AI Will Never Replace Managers

October 19, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Frank Martela and Jukka Luoma for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive…

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The wit and wisdom of E.B. White

October 18, 2021

Elwyn Brooks White (1899 – 1985) was an American writer. He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte’s Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, Charlotte’s Web came in first in their…

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The 24 most ruthless leaders of all time

October 16, 2021

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Elena Holodny and Amanda Macias, featured by Business Insider. To read the compete article and check out others, please click here. * * * One man’s hero is another man’s tyrant, a popular…

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The Future of Flexibility at Work

October 14, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ellen Ernst Kossek , Patricia Gettings , and Kaumudi Misra for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain…

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Safeguarding against cyberattack in an increasingly digital world

October 13, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written last year by Jim Boehm, James Kaplan, and Wolf Richter 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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David Shor Is Telling Democrats What They Don’t Want to Hear

October 13, 2021

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Ezra Klein for The New York Times that really caught my eye. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscriptions, please click here. Credit: Cristina Daura *…

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