Commentaries

Stop Eliminating Perfectly Good Candidates by Asking Them the Wrong Questions

November 17, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nilofer Merchant 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,…

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When a Leader Just Won’t Go: Wisdom from Shakespeare to Dickens to ‘Seinfeld’ on President Trump’s long non-goodbye

November 16, 2020

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Sarah Lyall for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and learn about deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. Credit: Chloe Cushman * * * In…

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Atul Gawande on the importance of a “positive deviant”

November 15, 2020

In “The Bell Curve,” an article written for The New Yorker (December 6, 2004), Atul Gawande uses the term “positive deviant” to describe unusually effective performers in the field of medicine. In fact, there are outliers in all fields. To Gawande,…

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Feeling Overwhelmed? Here’s How to Get Through the Workday. by

November 13, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Alice Boyes 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…

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When nothing is normal: Managing in extreme uncertainty  

November 12, 2020

In this uniquely severe global crisis, leaders need new operating models to respond quickly to the rapidly shifting environment and sustain their organizations through the trials ahead. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Patrick Finn, Mihir Mysore,…

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George Lucas on his life and work

November 5, 2020

Thank you, IMDb, for providing a wealth of information about  the entertainment world. For example, about the life and work of George Lucas. He was born in 1944 and raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was…

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Be a More Vulnerable Leader in Times of Crisis

November 4, 2020

  Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. *     *     * Leading through uncertainty is hard. How should you…

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How companies can win in the seven tech-talent battlegrounds

November 3, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Matthias Daub, Ranja Reda Kouba, Kate Smaje, and Anna Wiesinger for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about…

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Orson Welles on his life and work

November 2, 2020

I think IMDb is the single best source for information about multiple entertainment industries, including film. Here is a selection of observations by Orson Welles who was indeed, in every possible way, “larger than life” as a director, producer, writer,…

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The power of lateral thinking

November 1, 2020

In his latest bestseller, Range, David Epstein devotes an entire chapter to a concept with which many people are not familiar: “lateral thinking with withered technology.” This is how Gunpei Yokoi explained his success creating electronic games for Nintendo. As…

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