Commentaries

The First Question to Ask of Any Strategy

May 16, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger L. Martin 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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“The Disruptive Dozen” Technologies

May 14, 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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7 Steps to Improving Nonverbal Communication

May 14, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jeff Wolf for AMACOM’s amanet.org Playbook. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and sing up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Businesspeople learn early in…

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Just for fun….

May 13, 2015

Here’s a brief video of tigers playing in a pool for the first time after being rescued from cages. Looks like great fun to me! Have a look. Caption: Photo credit: Screenshot from video of Lily and Carli, the two…

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Remembering Dave Goldberg, the Ultimate Mensch

May 13, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article by Adam Grant featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Most of us are lucky if…

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Mending the STEM Gap

May 13, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sarah Fister Gale for Talent Management magazine. She suggests that increasing the number of women in STEM jobs requires companies to adjust their recruiting strategies and broader cultural norms. To read…

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The case for behavioral strategy

May 13, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription…

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Grow fast or die slow: Pivoting beyond the core

May 12, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Rishi Kant, Eric Kutcher, Mitra Mahdavian, and Kara Sprague for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about…

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Don’t Take Shortcuts, Even When No One Is Looking

May 12, 2015

Here is an article written by Stan McChrystal for a new series featured by LinkedIn Plus. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * The cold fall evening…

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The Dawn of Next Generation Thinkers

May 11, 2015

Here is an excerpt from a recent blog post co-authored by Des Dearlove and Stuart Crainer for the Thinkers50 website. To read the complete article, check out the abundance of resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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