Commentaries

How to Get Some Perspective on Your Stress

December 15, 2016

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. * * * Here’s some good news: You don’t need to get rid…

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How to set aspirational targets for an organizational transformation

December 15, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Pooya Nikooyeh and Jared Sclove for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription…

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BINOCULARs: An essential perspective from which to observe more and evaluate it better

December 14, 2016

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

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The beginning of system dynamics

December 13, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from a classic article written by Jay W. Forrester 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,…

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How to Get More Out of One-on-One Meetings with Your Direct Reports

December 12, 2016

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. * * * Good managers know it’s important to regularly check in with…

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The best way (by far) to solve problems that cause inefficiency

December 11, 2016

In Applied Minds: How Engineers Think, Guru Madhavan observes: “Engineers help create solution spaces — suites of possibilities that offer new choices, conveniences, and comforts — that redefine our standard of living…Therein lies a paradox: engineering is omnipresent but invisible…

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If You’ve Made a Bad Decision, Act Fast

December 10, 2016

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. * * * No one likes to make a bad decision. Maybe you…

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Bolshiness is back

December 9, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Adrian Wooldridge for The Economist in which he argues that the similarities to the world that produced the Russian revolution are too close for comfort. To read the complete article,…

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Ricardo Semler on “How to run a company with (almost) no rules”

December 9, 2016

What if your job didn’t control your life? Brazilian CEO Ricardo Semler practices a radical form of corporate democracy, rethinking everything from board meetings to how workers report their vacation days (they don’t have to). It’s a vision that rewards…

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