Commentaries

Lest we forget on this Veterans Day….

February 15, 2016

For years on this national holiday, I have posted a list of the number of men and women in the military services who were killed during each of the wars in which the United States has been involved. My sources…

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Vannevar Bush’s “As We May Think”: One of most important essays ever written

February 14, 2016

An essay appeared the July 1945 issue of what was then the Atlantic Monthly magazine that is now widely considered one of the most important essays in the history of world literature. It was written by Vannevar Bush and I…

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7 Secrets of “Servant Leadership” That Will Lead You to Success

February 12, 2016

By serving your employees, you can build a happier, more-productive business with a better bottom line. At least that is the assertion by Peter Economy in an article for Inc. magazine. Here is a brief excerpt. To read the complete…

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the psychology of optimal experience

February 10, 2016

A Hungarian psychologist who relocated to the United States in 1956 at there age of 22, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced “me-high CHEEK-sent-me-high”) is one of the most influential contemporary thinkers in recent years. He is probably best-known for his concept of…

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How small shifts in leadership can transform your team dynamic

February 10, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Caroline Webb 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, and register…

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Sydney Finkelstein on Three Types of “Superboss”

February 8, 2016

In his latest, recently published book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, Sydney Finkelstein explores “the characteristic behaviors of the world’s most effective bosses, upending conventional best practices and presenting a new, comprehensive paradigm for developing talent.…

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Christine L. Borgman on “Big Data, Little Data, No Data, and Scholarship in the Networked World”

February 7, 2016

I have recently read and will soon review a book, Christine L. Borgman’s Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World (MIT Press 2015), that increased substantially my understanding of the multi-dimensional nature of data in various…

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18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently

February 6, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Carolyn Gregoire for The Huffington Post. To read the complete article, learn more about The Post, check out other articles, and sign up for free email alerts, please click here. Illustration…

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The Top 50 Management Thinkers (2015)

February 5, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article by Jeff Schmitt for Poets & Quants. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for a free newsletter, please click here. * * * It wasn’t the “Thrilla in…

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Jeffrey Pfeffer on “Getting beyond the BS of leadership literature”

February 4, 2016

Management books and commentaries often oversimplify, seldom providing useful guidance about the skills and behavior needed to get things done. Here’s a better reading list for leaders, provided in an article written by Jeffrey Pfeffer for the McKinsey Quarterly, published…

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