Commentaries

“Transcient Advantage”: A Classic Article from HBR

July 5, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Rita Gunther McGrath and published in Harvard Business Review (June 2013). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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The wit and wisdom of Daniel Kahneman

July 5, 2024

Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Here is a selection…

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What you may not already know about July 4th

July 3, 2024

Here is a brief excerpt from Jason Serafino‘s superb article published by Dental Floss (June 12, 2024). To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * The Fourth of July is packed with backyard…

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Roger Martin on solving problems with a new way of thinking

June 30, 2024

The ideas in some busibess books are even more valuable now than they were when first published. For example…. In A New Way to Think: Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness, Roger Martin shares his thoughts about how to think…

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What Fierce Competitors Do In Tough Times

June 28, 2024

Even in the best of economic times there are rough times. Markets go up and down. Customers come and go. Yesterday the real estate industry was in the dumps. Then it was computer chips. Today oil and gas is down…

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In Ronnie’s Court: On Being Born and Other Adventures

June 28, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by David Cornwell (aka John le Carré) for The New Yorker, published in the Februart 2, 2002, issue. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts,…

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Unorthodox Perspectives

June 27, 2024

If you want to put some white caps on your gray matter, check out these observations. * * * o “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo the Possum o “There is nothing so practical as a…

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How Generative AI Can Support Advanced Analytics Practice

June 26, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Pedro Amorim and João Alves 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…

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The overlooked essentials of employee well-being

June 25, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Jeffrey Pfeffer for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (September 11, 2018). To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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Controlling machine-learning algorithms and their biases

June 24, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a “classic” article written by Tobias Baer and Vishnu Kamalnath for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (November 10, 2017). To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm,…

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