Commentaries

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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Five Beliefs that Erode Workplace Motivation (Part 2)

June 1, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Susan Fowler featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * My previous post challenged…

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How to Work with People Who Aren’t Good at Working with People

May 30, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic 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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Do you already know about Magoosh?

May 30, 2015

I read about Magoosh in a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. Briefly, Magoosh helps students prepare for the GRE, GMAT, SAT, and TOEFL. Its web and mobile applications allow students to learn at their own pace, on their…

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Maria Konnikova on “Hacking the Brain: How we might make ourselves smarter in the future”

May 29, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Maria Konnikova for The Atlantic. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Álvaro Domínguez * * * The perfectibility of the…

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Know When It’s Time to Kill a Project

May 28, 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. * * * Zombie projects are the ones that fail to fulfill…

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10 Famous Immigrant Entrepreneurs Living the American Dream: A Different World View

May 28, 2015

By definition, entrepreneurs excel at starting something from nothing. For immigrant entrepreneurs, that’s a familiar experience. Often they build entirely new lives after their circumstances force them to pull up stakes and move across the world. Here is an article…

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