Commentaries

A Simple Way to Get Your Leadership Team Aligned on Strategy

February 9, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Scott D. Anthony and Bernard C. Kümmerli 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…

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A New Way to Become More Open-Minded

February 8, 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…

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Untangling your organization’s decision making

February 7, 2019

Any organization can improve the speed and quality of its decisions by paying more attention to what it’s deciding. Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by  Aaron De Smet, Gerald Lackey, and Leigh M. Weiss for the…

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10 Big Ideas in 10 Years of Brain Science

February 4, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Julia Calderone featured in Scientific American. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Scientific American MIND reflects on the major discoveries…

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The Birth of the First Industrial Revolution

February 3, 2019

In The Perfectionists, Simon Winchester explains how precision engineers created the modern world. For example, in the first chapter, he points out that machines — for the first time — could be made that would make other machines, “and make…

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“Lighthouse” manufacturers lead the way—can the rest of the world keep up?

February 2, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article Written by Enno de Boer, Helena Leurent, and Adrian Widmermfor the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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Robert Caro and a few “tricks” when interviewing someone

January 31, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Robert Caro for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * In interviews, silence is the weapon, silence…

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Lincoln and the Art of Transformative Leadership

January 30, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Doris Kearns Goodwin 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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10 Interesting Facts About Steve Jobs

January 30, 2019

Here is an excerpt of an article about Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli’s biography, Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader (2015) that I came upon at the celebritychest5 website. It reveals ten interesting…

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Platforming and modularity: smart answers to ever-increasing complexity

January 27, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Fabian Bannasch, Volker Grüntges, Giorgio Rossi, and Florian Weig for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

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