Commentaries

How to embrace a new way of thinking about creating and launching a new company or project

February 4, 2015

In Fail Fast or Win Big: The Start-Up Plan for Starting Now, Bernhard Schroeder introduces what he characterizes as the Lean Model Framework. As he explains, “instead of spending months writing a business plan and then looking for investors, who…

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A Brief History of Decision Making in Business

February 3, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Leigh Buchanan and Andrew O’Connell 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…

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Teaching in Motion

February 3, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Tony Dunckel for EdTech Digest in which he discusses the challenges of developing a powerful iPad app to help teachers create and publish dynamic video lessons. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up…

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The Algorithmic CEO

February 3, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Ram Charan for FORTUNE magazine in which he urges his readers to get ready for “the most sweeping business change since the Industrial Revolution.” To read the complete article, check out…

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From Risk to Resilience: Learning to Deal With Disruption

February 2, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Joseph Fiksel, Mikaella Polyviou, Keely L. Croxton and Timothy J. Pettit for the MIT Sloan Management Review. In it, they explain why, in order to prosper in the face of…

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You really can — and should — argue with success

February 1, 2015

In a article written for The Wall Street Journal, “Deflategate Masks the Many Virtues of Belichick” (January 31, 2015), Christopher Caldwell asserts, “Forget the football-deflation scandal: the Patriots’ head coach is one of the best ever.” Caldwell and most others…

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Eric Liu on “Why ordinary people need to understand power”

January 31, 2015

Far too many Americans are illiterate in power — what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As a result, those few who do understand power wield disproportionate influence over everyone else. “We need to make…

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Why diversity matters

January 30, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an executive summary article written by Vivian Hunt, Dennis Layton, and Sara Prince for a report, Diversity Matters, sponsored by McKinsey & Company. The new research makes it increasingly clear that companies with more…

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Caroline Arnold on “Why Resolutions Fail”

January 30, 2015

Long ago, Aristotle observed, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” After spending another January helping to pave the road to hell, I realize that my habits have again defeated my New…

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Assumptions are NOT certainties

January 29, 2015

Years ago, a small band called the Crickets from Lubbock was booked to play in NYC at the Apollo Theater, the center of the black entertainment community. When the curtain parted after an introduction, those in the packed house were…

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