Commentaries
Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Eric Kutcher, Olivia Nottebohm, and Kara Sprague for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why software and online-services companies can quickly become billion-dollar giants,…
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We all have dark and dank moments — sometimes days — when our spirit sags and we feel defeated, at least temporarily. Whenever I do, I re-read a letter written by E.B. White in response to a request for advice,…
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Interest in and disagreement about the causes and effects of employee engagement in the workplace, as well as about the absence thereof, seem certain to continue in months and years to come. Quite by accident, I came upon a remarkably…
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Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you may already know, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…
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The world’s greatest scientists, philosophers, and artists agree: If an idea isn’t beautiful, it’s probably not innovative. They’re putting a special spin on the word “beautiful” by defining beauty as a quality of wholeness, or harmony, that generates pleasure, meaning,…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Vanessa Chan, Marc de Jong, and Vidyadhar Ranade for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. As they explain, a survey finds that when it comes to reallocating R&D…
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Here is a brief excerpt from my interview of Denise Lee Yohn, author of What Great Brands Do: The Seven Brand-Building Principles that Separate the Best from the Rest (Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand 2014). * * * Today, when there are…
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Here is an exciting announcement by Des Dearlove and Stuart Crainer, co-founders of Thinkers50 and thought leaders in their own right. I urge you to read the announcement, then sign up by clicking here and check out the abundance of…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Andrew Ross Sorkin for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo credit: Nati Harnik/Associated Press * * *…
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Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner on “How and why to think like a freak”
In their latest book, Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner cite several examples of people who trick guilty parties (i.e. those who prey upon people who are ignorant…
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