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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. * * * Many companies rely on outside talent — consultants, freelancers,…
Read MoreMost people don’t know that back in 1912 Hellman’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port…
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It is important to keep in mind that all of the Fortune 500 companies began as a start-up. For example: Eli Lilly and Company: A pharmacist and Union officer, Colonel Eli Lilly, started his company with $1,300 in 1876 and…
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On average, most of us receive about 275 emails each day and probably reply (on average) to 20-25. Which to read is one issue, whether or not to respond is another, and how to make each response effective is…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jennifer Crossley Howard for The New York Times in which she discusses a new book written by Wayne Flynt, Mockingbird Songs, in which he discusses his 25-year friendship with Harper Lee.…
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In The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution, Ganesh Sitaraman explains how and why “the basic foundation upon which our middle-class constitution was based — the prerequisite of relative economic equality — is crumbling.” Obviously, economic inequality is inevitable whenever and…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Dan P. Lovallo and Olivier Sibony 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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In a previous post, I identified what I characterized as “Ten of the best films that most people haven’t seen or even heard of.” Here’s another ten that, in my opinion, also deserve more attention and appreciation, listed in order…
Read MoreIn The Attention Merchants, Tim Wu examines with precision and eloquence “the mad scramble to get inside our heads.” For example, consider this brief passage: “The first great harvester of attention, it must never be forgotten, was religion. The impulse…
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My “Dream Team”: Major League Baseball
Now that another MLB season is underway, I again mull who would be on my “dream team.” I limit my consideration to those I have seen play — either in person or while watching games on television — while in…
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