Commentaries

Ask the Right Questions to Put Problems in Context

July 13, 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. * * * Being too immersed in a problem makes it harder for…

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Daniel Kahneman on “The Illusion [or Delusion] of Validity”

July 12, 2015

I recently re-read Dan Kahneman‘s Thinking, Fast and Slow, and was amazed by how much that I noted in his narrative, this time, that I had either missed or misunderstood during previous readings. In Chapter 20, “The Illusion of Validity,”…

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Theodore Roosevelt on the power of engagement

July 12, 2015

On April 23, 1910, Theodore Roosevelt delivered to an audience at the Sorbonne in Paris what is widely considered his most important speech, “Citizenship in a Republic.” Here is a brief excerpt: “It is not the critic who counts; not…

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The Making of Ferguson: Public Policies at the Root of Its Troubles

July 11, 2015

Here is the Executive Summary of a “must read” article written by Richard Rothstein for the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy…

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Who’s John Jay? Scholars urge new look at forgotten founder

July 10, 2015

Though John Jay was one of three contributors to the Federalist Papers, president of the wartime Continental Congress and the nation’s first chief justice, some say he’s the forgotten founder. That is one of the key points in an article…

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The Science of Inside Out

July 9, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Dacher Keltner and Paul Ekman for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo Credit: Gérard DuBois * *…

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How to eliminate waste or at least reduce it substantially in the workplace

July 9, 2015

In Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, Jeff Sutherland shares his thoughts about how to eliminate waste or at least reduce it substantially in the workplace. I agree with him that waste is at…

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What Did Lincoln Really Think of Jefferson?

July 9, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Allen C. Guelzo that appeared in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Tamara Shopsin * *…

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Thoreau, the First Declutterer

July 8, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Danny Heitman that appeared in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * With household decluttering now…

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Understanding man’s social nature

July 8, 2015

In Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect, Matthew D Lieberman observes, “Just as there are multiple social networks on the Internet such as Facebook and Twitter, each with its own strengths, there are also multiple social networks in…

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