Commentaries

10 Creative Block Breakers That Actually Work

October 10, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Susan K. Perry for Psychology Today in which she insists, “You CAN overcome the frustration of feeling blocked.” To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *…

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Andrew St. George on “Leadership lessons from the Royal Navy”

October 10, 2024

Here is a classic article written by Andrew St. George for The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (January 31, 2013). As he explains, “This branch of the British armed services consciously fosters cheerfulness and nourishes its collective memory. Business executives…

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Where Data-Driven Decision-Making Can Go Wrong

October 10, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Luca and Amy C. Edmondson for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: *…

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Capote’s Long Ride

October 9, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by George Plimpton for The New Yorker (October 5, 1997). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. *…

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Embracing Gen AI at Work

September 30, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by H. James Wilson and Paul R. Daugherty for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here.…

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Organizational health is (still) the key to long-term performance

September 29, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Alex Camp,  Arne Gast, Drew Goldstein, and Brooke Weddle for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To check out “classic” articles, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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We Are Alive

September 27, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by  David Remnick for The New Yorker (July 23, 2012). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. *…

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Invaluable Mental Models for Making Better Decisions

September 26, 2024

In The Reset Mindset, Penny Zenker examines the three steps of the Reset Practice in terms of several commonly used Mental Models that illustrate its simplicity, practicality, and impact. Here is the first of the three steps of gthe Reset…

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A Better Way to Unlock Innovation and Drive Change

September 26, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Diya Kapur Misra, Linda A. Hill, Gaurav Laroia, and Christiane Hamacher for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and…

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Explained: Generative AI

September 25, 2024

How do powerful generative AI systems like ChatGPT work, and what makes them different from other types of artificial intelligence? Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Adam Zewe for MIT News (November 9, 2023). Illustration Credit: …

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