Commentaries

Agree on Scope Before Launching a Project

August 8, 2015

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. * * * Scope creep is all too common in projects of all…

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What “digital” really means

August 8, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Karel Dörner, and David Edelman for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They focus on the fact that everyone wants to go digital and suggest that the first…

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Changing change management

August 7, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Boris Ewenstein, Wesley Smith, and Ashvin Sologar for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They observe, “Research tells us that most change efforts fail. Yet change methodologies are…

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Several perspectives on human intelligence

August 7, 2015

Here are several perspectives on human intelligence. “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty, because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to…

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Alex Pentland on Great Teams

August 6, 2015

Alex (“Sandy”) Pentland has much of great value to say about how to organize and then lead great teams, first in an article, “The New Science of Building Great Teams,” published in Harvard Business Review and then in a book,…

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Jon Stewart, Superboss

August 5, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sydney Finkelstein 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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The New Science of Building Great Teams

August 5, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Alex (“Sandy”) Pentland 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…

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Why Do Patterns of Communication Matter So Much?

August 4, 2015

Responses to that important question are diverse and enlightening. Here’s what Alex (“Sandy”) Pentland thinks: It seems almost absurd that how we communicate could be so much more important to success than what we communicate. Yet if we look at…

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John Hagel III on “The Power of Platforms”

August 4, 2015

Here is John Hagel III‘s introduction to his new report, “Business ecosystems come of age,” featured by the Deloitte University Press. Hagel explains how and why properly designed business platforms can help create and capture new economic value and scale…

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“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” George Bernard Shaw

August 3, 2015

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) is one of my favorite sources of wit and wisdom. Here are several other of his observations. * * * Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. Progress is impossible without change, and…

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