Commentaries

12 TED Talks for when you wish you could go back to college

September 6, 2015

The TED organization offers a set of videos that offer a feast to those who are passionate about personal growth and professional development. Ann Landers once observed, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Here’s good news: All TED…

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The Power of Essentialism

September 6, 2015

In his latest book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Greg McKeown affirms the value of becoming and then remaining an essentialist, one who is committed “to the relentless pursuit of less but better. It does not mean occasionally giving…

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Labor Day: A Briefing (2015)

September 5, 2015

Before I began some research on the subject, I did not know that, until Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, laborers who chose to participate in parades to celebrate anything had to forfeit a day’s wages. I am…

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Reid Hoffman’s Two Rules for Strategy Decisions

September 4, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ben Casnocha 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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Peter Thiel on how to find value in unexpected places by thinking about business from first principles instead of formulas

September 3, 2015

I recently re-read Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, written with Blake Masters, in which Peter Thiel identifies “four lessons that entrepreneurs learned from the dot-com crash, lessons [formulas] that still guide business thinking…

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Why Productivity Is Soaring at Top Firms and Sluggish Everywhere Else

September 3, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Chiara Criscuolo 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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Why “great books” really do matter

September 2, 2015

In his eponymous work, Adam Nicolson explains why Homer matters and his comments also apply to other authors such as Sophocles, Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Joyce. Nicolson suggests, “Homer matters because Homer, in a godlike way, understands what mortals do…

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Margaret Heffernan on “Why it’s time to forget the pecking order at work”

September 1, 2015

Organizations are often run according to “the superchicken model,” where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others. And yet, this isn’t what drives the most high-achieving teams. Business leader Margaret Heffernan observes that it is social cohesion…

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Do Your People Know Which Way to Go?

August 31, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Doug Conant, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * The ultimate goal of…

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Why People Are Drawn to Narcissists Like Donald Trump

August 30, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Maccoby 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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