Commentaries

The Best Companies Don’t Have More Stars — They Cluster Them Together

February 16, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Mankins for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please…

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8 Ways to Read (a Lot) More Books This Year

February 15, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Neil Pasricha for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please…

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Why Combine Your Customer and Employee Feedback Systems?

February 15, 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. I presume to include a prefatory comment: All of the major research studies…

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Using rivalry to spur innovation

February 14, 2017

  Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Bernard T. Ferrari and Jessica Goethals for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (2010). They explain how productive rivalry stimulated artistic innovation during the Renaissance, and according…

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Paradigmatic Considerations

February 13, 2017

Thomas Kuhn is generally credited with introducing the concepts of paradigms and paradigm shiftshis classic work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, first published in 1962. According to Kuhn, Paradigms are “universally recognized scientific achievements that, for a time, provide model…

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3 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation

February 13, 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. * * * If you want your employees to be more creative…

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Seven steps to better brainstorming

February 12, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Kevin P. Coyne and Shawn T. Coyne for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (2011). To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the…

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Straight talk about big data

February 11, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Nicolaus Henke, Ari Libarikian, and Bill Wiseman 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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Managing Multiparty Innovation

February 11, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nathan Furr, Kate O’Keeffe, and Jeffrey H. Dyer for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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Holy Humor

February 10, 2017

Church bulletins also share lots of information. Sometimes, the message does not come across as intended. Here are some real-world examples: All singles are invited to join us Friday at 7 p.m. for the “Annul Christmas Sing-Alone.” Thursday night –…

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