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With regard to one of Michael Porter‘s classic works, On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition, in his own words: “Competition is one of society’s most powerful forces for making things better in many fields of human endeavor. The study of…
Read MoreFor 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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How Incredibly Creative People Come Up With Breakthrough Ideas
Here’s a brief excerpt from an article by Leigh Buchanan for Inc. magazine. I agree that anyone can come up with a lot of ideas. According to Stanford professor Justin Berg, the trick is placing your bet on the right…
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