Commentaries

4 Ways to Improve Your Strategic Thinking Skills

January 24, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nina Bowman 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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Risk: Seeing around the corners

January 23, 2017

Risk-assessment processes typically expose only the most direct threats facing a company and neglect indirect ones that can have an equal or greater impact. Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Eric Lamar and Martin Pergler for…

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What Great Managers Do Daily

January 22, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ryan Fuller and Nina Shikaloff 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…

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Bernie Marr on “10 Fears That Hold People Back in Their Careers”

January 21, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an especially informative blog post from Bernie Marr, a bestselling author, keynote speaker, strategic performance consultant, and analytics, KPI & Big Data guru. * * * New year and new aspirations! Or, are you…

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Use Design Thinking to Build Commitment to a New Idea

January 19, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger L. Martin 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…

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A Simple Explanation of “The Internet of Things”

January 18, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jacob Morgan for Forbes magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The “Internet of things” (IoT) is becoming an…

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Viktor Frankl on “The salvation of man”

January 17, 2017

In arguably his greatest work, Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl observes: “For the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so…

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Restore your faith in humanity in 4 minutes flat

January 16, 2017

At a time when tragedy dominates world affairs, it’s easy to despair. But if you’re worried about losing faith in humankind, despair not: This may be an antidote. To check it out, please click here. If this video doesn’t increase…

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What Jim Collins learned from Peter Drucker

January 16, 2017

Jim Collins provides the Foreword to the 50th anniversary edition of Peter Drucker’s classic, The Effective Executive, a book first published in 1967. Consider this passage: “Here are ten lessons I learned from Peter Drucker and this book, and that…

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The major benefits of “smart collaboration”

January 15, 2017

In Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos, Heidi Gardner explains how leaders in almost organization can establish or strengthen a workplace culture within which smart collaboration is most likely to thrive. As she explains,…

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