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Milton Friedman’s pathbreaking essay on corporate purpose was published on September 13, 1970. How much has management thinking evolved? Check out one response in this excerpt from an article written for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company.…
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In Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future, Margaret Hefferman suggests that experiments is how we learn everything. “We try to stand up, fall over, recalibrate, and next time find we can teeter for a second or two. Keep at it…
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Here is an excerpt from another “classic” article written by John P. Kotter 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…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Steve Glaveski 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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Here is an excerpt from an article by Rohit Bhattacharya that is featured at the ScoopWhoop Media website. The etymology of “invention” is early 15c., invencioun, “finding or discovering of something,” from Old French invencion (13c.) and directly from Latin…
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The quest to understand something new is a key factor to building the resilience necessary to weather setbacks and navigate life’s volatility. Here is an excerpt from an article about that by Kerry Hannon. To read the complete article,…
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Here is an excerpt from another “classic” article written by Marcus Buckingham 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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“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote the following response, published in The Daily Mail: * * * A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Margaret Rogers 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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Standing on the shoulders of giants
Standing on the shoulders of giants is a metaphor that means “Using the understanding gained by major thinkers who have gone before in order to make intellectual progress.” It is a metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants…
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