Commentaries

Why It Is Important to Encourage More Debate at Work

June 11, 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. Note: I much prefer “principled dissent” to “debate.” There are already too many…

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Bill Gates, Andy Grove and Steve Jobs: The Strategies They Shared

June 10, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Steve Lohr that appeared in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images * *…

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New Research Says Robots Are Unlikely to Eat Our Jobs

June 9, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Steve Lohr that appeared in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo by Jonah M. Kessel/The New York…

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You Need an Innovation Strategy

June 9, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gary P. Pisano 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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11 TED Talks by brilliant women in STEM

June 8, 2015

As you already know, there have been hundreds of books and articles published in recent years about the barriers that many women face when pursuing an education and then a career in what collectively is call the STEM disciplines: Science,…

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10 Principles of Organization Design

June 8, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Gary L. Neilson, Jaime Estupiñán, and Bhushan Sethi for strategy+ business magazine, published by PwC strategy& LLC (formerly Booz & Company). The fundamental guidelines they recommend, drawn from broad and deep…

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The simple rules of disciplined innovation

June 4, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Donald Sull for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. He explains how and why constraints aren’t the enemy of creativity—they make it more effective. To read the complete…

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The 24/7 Work Culture’s Toll on Families and Gender Equality

June 4, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Claire Cain Miller for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * *…

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Getting More Women into Senior Management

June 3, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rebecca Shambaugh 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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Tom Butler-Bowdon on 50 Politics Classics

June 2, 2015

Here is a portion of a recent email that I received from Tom Butler-Bowdon. He discusses his latest book, 50 Politics Classics: Freedom Equality Power: Mind-Changing, World-Changing Ideas from Fifty Landmark Books and related issues. To check out his website,…

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