Commentaries

How Leaders Can Move Past Personal Obstacles

May 17, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Katherine W. Isaacs and Richard C. Schwartz for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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Think Outside the Box

May 14, 2026

Chances are, if the given problem was developed within a box, you won’t find the solution there. What you need are different perspectives out of and around the box, above and below it, and perhaps inside other boxes. Here are…

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The Innovation Advantage GenAI Can’t Give You

May 11, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by David Schonthal for 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:  Eliot Wyatt/Ikon…

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Salieri’s Revenge

May 10, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Alex Ross 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:    Agostino Iacurci…

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Washington’s “Hostess with the Mostes”

May 9, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by  Thomas Mallon 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:       …

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The innovation commitment

May 8, 2026

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Daniel Cohen, Brian Quinn, and Erik Roth for McKinsey Quarterly (October 24, 2019 ). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please…

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POST 5/5 Hellman’s Mayonaise: The rest of the story….

May 5, 2026

Most people don’t know that back in 1912 Hellman’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of…

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How to Slay the Chaos Dragon

May 5, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Melissa Swift  for 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 Flamboyant Silence of Harper Lee

May 3, 2026

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Thomas Mallon for The New Yorker. (May 22, 2006) 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 Leadership Test No One Wants: Delivering Bad News Well

May 2, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nancy Duarte for 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:    Sergio Ingravalle/Ikon…

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