Commentaries

Cognitive Fitness

August 16, 2018

In their classic HBR article, “Cognitive Fitness,” Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts share their thoughts about how to remain mentally healthy, especially now when the business world is more volatile, more uncertain, more complex, and more ambiguous than ever before.…

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“Seven elements that are essential to Apple’s software success”

August 16, 2018

In Creative Selection, Ken Kocienda takes his reader inside Apple’s design process during “The Golden Age of Steve Jobs.” He explains how and why, in order to “understand what makes Apple what it is, its essence, you need to understand software.” He identifies…

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Strategy to beat the odds

August 15, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Chris Bradley, Martin Hirt, and Sven Smit for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain…

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The unique power of the “creative prelude”

August 14, 2018

In the latest of his eight books, SCRAMBLE, Marty Neumeier provides a fictional account of a young CEO in trouble. He and his team have five weeks to reimagine their company. If the board approves their plan, they’ll live to…

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Leaders Focus Too Much on Changing Policies, and Not Enough on Changing Minds

August 12, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tony Schwartz 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 implement and sustain organizational change

August 11, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from the transcript of a podcast spoonsored by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and register to receive email alerts, please…

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The riddle of experience vs. memory

August 10, 2018

Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies in his TED program, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our “experiencing selves” and our “remembering selves” perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public…

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Bots, algorithms, and the future of the finance function

August 10, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Frank Plaschke, Ishaan Seth, and Rob Whiteman for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain…

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The best career advice I have as yet encountered

August 8, 2018

Many years ago during Richard Brown’s interview of Rod Steiger, he asked the great actor if young people ever asked him for career advice. “Oh yeh, sure, sure, sure. All the time. “And I always ask them the same question:…

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Are those rabbits you’re chasing real or an illusion?

August 7, 2018

“The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” William Gibson When I first encountered that comment years ago, I was immediately reminded of a sign I once saw in a tavern near the Yale campus: “Free…

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