Commentaries

Explained: Generative AI

September 25, 2024

How do powerful generative AI systems like ChatGPT work, and what makes them different from other types of artificial intelligence? Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Adam Zewe for MIT News (November 9, 2023). Illustration Credit: …

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Later: Procrastination interests philosophers because of its underlying irrationality.

September 24, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by James Surowiecki for The New Yorker (October 4, 2010). 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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A New Perspective on Van Gogh’s Final Flowering

September 23, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Emily LaBarge  (Reviewing from London) for The New Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * *…

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How enterprise architects need to evolve to survive in a digital world

September 19, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Oliver Bossert and Niels Van der Wildt 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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Under the Carpetbag: A sixty-year friendship

September 17, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John McPhee for The New Yorker (October 9, 2023). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. * *…

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The Inner Lives of the Nazis

September 15, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Isaac Chotiner for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. Illustration Credit: Photograph from ullstein…

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Are Your Presentations Too Emotional — or Too Analytical?

September 13, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nancy Duarte 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 Credit: Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT…

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The Three Traps That Stymie Reinvention

September 10, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ryan Raffaelli 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 Credit: Nash Weerasekera…

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Three Ways to Improve Your Decision-Making

September 9, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Walter Frick for Harvard Business Review (January 22, 2018). 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 automation imperative

September 6, 2024

Here is a brief excerpt from a classis article that shares the results of a major survey, featured in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the…

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