Commentaries

Game of Digital Disruption

March 27, 2018

  It’s time to take today’s technological threats seriously and change the way you do business. Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Mathias Herzog, Tom Puthiyamadam, and Nils Naujok for Strategy+Business magazine. To read the complete article,…

Read More

Mrs. Malaprop’s influence is alive and well.

March 26, 2018

  Mrs. Malaprop is a character in Richard Sheridan’s 1775 play, The Rivals. She mangles the English language with unrestrained enthusiasm. The play is somewhat dated but Mrs. Malaprop’s influence is apparently alive and well. Here are some modern-day examples…

Read More

Who is Bill Joy and why is he significant?

March 24, 2018

In a book published by Little, Brown & Company ten years ago, Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell has this to say about Bill Joy: “After graduating from Berkeley [with a PhD degree in computer programming], Joy cofounded the…

Read More

Create a Growth Culture, Not a Performance-Obsessed One

March 24, 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 here.…

Read More

Still looking for room at the top: Ten years of research on women in the workplace

March 23, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Sandrine Devillard, Vivian Hunt, and Lareina Yee for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

Read More

An agenda for the talent-first CEO

March 22, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Dominic Barton, Dennis Carey, and Ram Charan for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

Read More

When Empowering Employees Works, and When It Doesn’t

March 22, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Allan Lee, Sara Willis, and Amy Wei Tian for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

Read More

Mária Telkes: One of the World’s Greatest Female Inventors You Need to Know

March 21, 2018

I agree with Scott Berkun: “A disturbing element of history is its unfairness to women. The majority of our most famous inventors and discoverers are men in large part because women were denied the education and opportunity required to make…

Read More

Behavioral insights and innovative treatments in collections

March 20, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Tobias Baer 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…

Read More

Beating the Odds

March 19, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo, Robin J. Ely, and David A. Thomas for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth…

Read More