Commentaries

When Companies Should Invest in Training Their Employees — and When They Shouldn’t

January 10, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ron Carucci 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 click here.…

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How to Be More Resilient

January 9, 2019

Some people are just genetically tougher. But you can train your brain to better handle stress. Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Richard A. Friedman for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out…

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How Senior Executives Find Time to Be Creative

January 9, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Emma Seppälä 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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Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling

January 8, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Paul J. Zak 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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Are You Really Busy? Look for Simple Solutions to Recurring Problems

January 8, 2019

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. * * * When you’re chronically busy and stressed, it’s easy to react…

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Leonardo da Vinci: An Early Design Thinker

January 7, 2019

In Unlocking Creativity, Michael Roberto explains how to solve any problem and make the best decisions by shifting creative mindsets. Leaders at all levels “should not focus simply on finding ‘better’ people, but instead remove the obstacles that impede the creativity…

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Don’t Give Up on a Great Idea Just Because It Seems Obvious

January 6, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andrew Forman 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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Charles Duhigg on Encouraging Innovation

January 5, 2019

In Smarter Faster Better, Charles Duhigg observes, “Productivity is the name we give our attempts to figure out the best uses of our energy, intellect, and time as we try to seize the most meaningful rewards with the least wasted…

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Why you need a digital data architecture to build a sustainable digital business

January 5, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written byBy Sven Blumberg, Oliver Bossert, Hagen Grabenhorst, and Henning Soller for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the…

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Managers, Are You Delegating Too Much?

January 4, 2019

  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. * * * When managers delegate too often, their employees feel abandoned…

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