Commentaries

Michael Schrage on “How to Craft Great Business Experiments”

October 20, 2014

I have just read and will soon review Michael Schrage‘s latest book, The Innovator’s Hypothesis: How Cheap Experiments Are Worth More than Good Ideas, published by The MIT Press (September 2014). Schrage develops in much greater depth in this, his…

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How to Push Your Team Out of a Rut

October 20, 2014

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. * * * Every team falls into a rut once in a while.…

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Why we need more Gazelles

October 18, 2014

The term “gazelle” refers to the classic entrepreneur of myth and reality, someone who starts a new business venture (or a new way of doing business) and aims for it to explode into a white-hot phenomenon such as Home Depot,…

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How and why Google continues to attract so many “smart creatives”

October 17, 2014

In How Google Works, co-authors Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg with Alan Eagle devote an entire chapter to hiring: “Talent — Hiring Is the Most Important Thing You Do” (Pages 95-141). They believe that hiring is the most important area…

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If You’re on a Roll, Take a Break

October 17, 2014

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’re on a roll at work – completely focused,…

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How to cultivate worker passion as a cornerstone of talent development

October 17, 2014

Here’s the latest email alert from the Deloitte Center for the Edge. To learn more about the Center and Deloitte LLC, please click here. * * * Up to 88 percent of America’s workforce is not able to contribute to…

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Ten of the most valuable business websites for women

October 16, 2014

Based on what I have observed and learned, I think these are among the most valuable business websites for women, listed in alpha order: 1. BlogHer: The premier women’s blog platform is celebrating its sixth year this year–and it’s still…

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Want big data sales programs to work? Get emotional

October 16, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Matt Ariker and Nimal Manuel for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They note that most companies are inundated with data, know how they would like to use…

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Why top sales people focus on priorities – not needs

October 15, 2014

I grateful to Will Roche for calling my attention to an outstanding article by Bob Apollo, featured by LinkedIn Pulse, in which he shares some unconventional, perhaps counterintuitive insights about a human activity that can be traced back at least…

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Three Ways to Encourage Risk-Taking

October 15, 2014

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, * * * Over the past few years, the economy has forced many…

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