Commentaries

Exercising Your  Brain to Achieve Cognitive Fitness: A Personal Program

January 8, 2018

In their classic HBR article, “Cognitive Fitness” (November 2007), Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts explain how to exercise your brain. Here is a brief excerpt. o     o     o So how can you become cognitively fit? Drawing selectively from the…

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Help Your Employees Feel Less Lonely at Work

January 5, 2018

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. *     *     * More and more people are feeling tired and…

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14 amazing and lesser known historical facts

January 3, 2018

While surfing recently, I came upon a website that was new to me: One Minute List. Here is one of its several dozen lists: 1. The shortest war, The Anglo-Zanzibar war (1896) on record lasted for 38 minutes. 2. Saddam…

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The Best Way to Defuse an Argument Is to Listen

December 16, 2017

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. * * * Few things feel worse than getting yelled at by a…

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The nature and significance of self-efficacy in breakthrough innovation

December 16, 2017

In Quirky, Melissa A. Schilling focuses on eight “breakthrough innovators”: Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs. While doing so, she draws upon an abundance of recent research. However different…

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Why You Should Tell Your Team to Take a Break and Go Outside

December 15, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Johann Berlin 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,…

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Manage Your Stress by Identifying What Triggers It

December 14, 2017

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. * * * We all have things that set us off — particular…

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Technology, jobs, and the future of work

December 13, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by James Manyika for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and register…

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An Early Warning System for Your Team’s Stress Level

December 13, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Thomas Hellwig, Caroline Rook, Elizabeth Florent-Treacy, and Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth…

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The digital future of work: What skills will be needed?

December 12, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from a transcript of a lively discussion of the future of work 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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