Commentaries

Make Quick, Direct Feedback a Part of Your Routine

May 22, 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. * * * Many managers don’t give effective feedback because they’re simply pressed…

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Clay Christensen: One Q&A on Disruptive Innovation

May 21, 2015

In Thinkers 50 Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking to Take Your Business to the Next Level , Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove include an interview of Clay Christensen. Here is one of the Q&As: What exactly is disruptive innovation? Disruptive innovation has…

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Why Des Dearlove and Stu Crainer are so important

May 21, 2015

In my opinion, Des Dearlove and Stu Crainer are among the most important and yet (as yet) least appreciated knowledge leaders. If you are don’t know much about them, it’s high time that you do. Des Dearlove is an adjunct…

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Better Ways to Welcome New Team Members

May 21, 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. * * * When you bring on new team members, it’s important to…

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Let the Kids Learn Through Play

May 19, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article by David Kohn that was featured by The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Bjorn Lie * * *…

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Big Data: The All-Important 90/10 Rule

May 19, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bernard Marr, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * In this post I…

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Rethinking 5 Beliefs that Erode Workplace Motivation

May 19, 2015

Here is Part 1 of an article by Susan Fowler for LinkedIn Plus. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Can you fill-in-the-blanks on these common workplace…

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Seriously Fun Courses in Critical Thinking

May 18, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bill Jensen, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * And you thought these…

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How to Make It OK for Employees to Challenge Your Ideas

May 18, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Hal Gregersen 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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How to Cope with Four Great Disruptive Forces

May 16, 2015

In No Ordinary Disruption Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jonathan Woetzel explain how to cope with “four global forces breaking all the trends”: emerging growth markets (including cities) as the new gravitational centers of economic activity, increasingly faster pace of…

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