Commentaries

EDNA: Description

July 23, 2019

Many years ago when I began to teach English at the Kent School in Connecticut, I devised an acronym for my students based on two primary sources: Aristotle’s Rhetoric (4th century BCE) and Modern Rhetoric (1949) co-authored by Cleanth Brooks…

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Help Your Team Embrace Change

July 20, 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. *     *     * Companies are constantly changing. And whether the changes are…

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What is the Good Judgment Project and why is it important?

July 20, 2019

The Good Judgment Project (GJP) is a project “harnessing the wisdom of the crowd to forecast world events.” It was co-founded by Philip E. Tetlock (left, author of Superforecasting with Dan Gardner as well as Expert Political Judgment: How Good…

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The Other Half of Self-Awareness

July 18, 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. *     *     * Self-awareness helps us recognize our bad habits at work.…

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Bring Mindfulness to Corporate Trainings

July 17, 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. *     *     * Many employees come to training sessions with too…

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Don’t Brush Off Positive Feedback — Study It

July 16, 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. *     *     * Most of us remember critical feedback. Because it’s jarring…

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How to Debate Ideas Productively at Work

July 15, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Shane Snow 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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Controlling machine-learning algorithms and their biases

July 14, 2019

  Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Tobias Baer and Vishnu Kamalnathfor the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription…

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 The First Thing Great Decision Makers Do

July 14, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Cassie Kozyrkov 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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The Wrong Ways to Strengthen Culture

July 13, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by HBR editors 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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