Commentaries

Sigmund Freud: Anatomy of Creativity

January 8, 2017

Creating Minds is one of the most enjoyable as well as one of the most informative books I have ever read. Recently, I re-read it and recommend it even more enthusiastically now. I have long admired Howard Gardner’s research on…

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Top 10 from the McKinsey Quarterly: 2016

January 7, 2017

The year’s most popular articles from McKinsey Quarterly in 2016 have just been selected. Here are the first three: 1. Ahead of the curve: The future of performance management What happens after companies jettison traditional year-end evaluations?   2. Getting beyond…

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Four Ways to Build Inspiration and Engagement in a Workplace Culture

January 6, 2017

In Time, Talent, Energy, Michael Mankins and Eric Garton point out that the more employees in a company can be effectively engaged and inspired, the higher the organization’s productive power becomes. “People who devote more of their individual discretionary energy…

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ROSE-COLORED GLASSES: An essential perspective from which to observe more and evaluate it better

January 5, 2017

In Look: A Practical Guide for Improving Your Observational Skills, Jim Gilmore provides and then examines what he characterizes as six “looking glasses” to help people to more fully and more richly observe the world around them. The fifth is…

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10-Year Study Reveals What Great Executives Know and Do

January 4, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ron Carucci 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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BLINDFOLD: An essential perspective from which to observe more and evaluate it better

January 3, 2017

In Look: A Practical Guide for Improving Your Observational Skills, Jim Gilmore provides and then examines what he characterizes as six “looking glasses” to help people to more fully and more richly observe the world around them. The sixth is…

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Companies Should Be Transparent About Their Crises

January 3, 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. * * * When a company faces a crisis, there’s often a…

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Three Ways to Simplify Your Organization’s Operating Model

January 3, 2017

In Time, Talent, Energy, Michael Mankins and Eric Garton assert organizational drag is a crippling illness. “The company suffering from it wastes time, performs unnecessary tasks, and operates inefficiently. Curing the organization of this illness requires the kind of careful,…

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It’s that time of the year….

December 25, 2016

I always take a break from blogging during the last week of each calendar year to celebrate the holiday season with loved ones. Also, to re-charge the proverbial “batteries.” Please know how much I appreciate your interest and encouragement. However…

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Rumination Versus Reflection

December 24, 2016

According to Derek Roger and Nick Petrie in Work Without Stress, “Thinking over a problem to arrive at a solution we’ll call reflection, but to be able to reflect requires taking a detached perspective. This is not to suggest adopting…

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