Commentaries

From Bedouin To Billionaire: How Mohed Altrad Became Europe’s Scaffolding King

March 6, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Katia Savchuk for Forbes magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo: Laura Stevens for Forbes * * * Mohed Altrad doesn’t…

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Valuable Lessons to Be Learned from Cass Sunsein and Reid Hastie

March 5, 2015

In one of Tom Davenport’s recent books, Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right, he and co-author Brooke Manville offer “an antidote for the Great Man theory of decision making and organizational performance”:…

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Google’s 10 golden rules for personal growth and professional development

March 5, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article by Eric Schmidt and Hal Varian for Newsweek magazine. What’s interesting is that the rules are all about people: doing what they can to remove anything in the way of letting people shine.…

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The #1 Reason Leadership Development Fails

March 4, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Mike Myatt for Forbes magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Over the years, I’ve observed just about every…

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Tom Davenport on “Ten types of analytical innovation”

March 4, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tom Davenport for Deloitte University Press (August 6, 2014). According to Tom, ten types of innovation can be driven, supported, or measured with analytics. If you’re not using analytics for all…

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Sarah Fister Gale on “Forging a Predictive Path”

March 3, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sarah Fister Gale for Talent Management magazine. She explains why adoption of predictive analytics in talent management has been slow, but a few companies have shown how it can positively influence…

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Recruiting Better Talent with Brain Games and Big Data

March 3, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article by Yuki Noguchi for National Public Radio. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about NPR, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. Photo Credit: Marcus Butt/Getty…

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Christine Lagarde visits The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: A Two-Part Conversation

March 1, 2015

It will be a sad day for me when Jon Stewart is no longer with The Daily Show (except in spirit) but at least he will continue to be involved in activities that amuse as well as inform those who…

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A Brief History of Big Data Everyone Should Read

February 28, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article by Bernard Marr for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * The history of Big Data as a…

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How to Harness the Power of Discovery

February 28, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Randy Emelo for Chief Learning Officer magazine. He explains why learning should be more like how Amazon or Netflix treat their customers. Let learners have a say in what they learn,…

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