Commentaries

Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence

February 2, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Maria Popova and featured by her website, Brain Pickings. To read the complete article, check out dozens of others, and learn more about Maria and how you can help support her…

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Tim Brown on “The One Thing You Need to Generate Great Ideas”

February 1, 2014

Here is a brief article by Tim Brown for LinkedIn Pulse during which he explains why a drawing is worth a thousand words. That’s his version of the age-old adage. When it comes to expressing the functional and emotional merits…

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The Four Secrets to Employee Engagement

February 1, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rob Markey for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR…

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Automation and the threat to jobs: Policy implications for societies need to be addressed

January 31, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an editorial featured by Financial Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about subscription and registration options, please click here. * * * The mood was optimistic at this year’s…

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Taking the measure of your innovation performance

January 31, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from a Bain Brief co-authored by Eric Almquist, Mitchell Leiman, Darrell Rigby and Alex Roth, featured at Bain & Company’s website. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of resources, and sign up…

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This Post Will Make You a More Effective Communicator in 90 Seconds

January 30, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from a must-read article by Shane Snow, featured by The Freelance Strategist. To read the complete article and check out the wealth of resources, please click here. Image via Stuck in Customs / Flickr.com *…

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Engaging Employees: What Drives Employee Engagement and Why It Matters

January 30, 2014

I occasionally visit the Dale Carnegie website when in search of especially interesting material. Here is what I recently found. To check out the DC resources, please click here. * * * United States businesses lose $11 billion annually as…

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Richard Feynman – No Ordinary Genius (full version)

January 29, 2014

Below is a link to a video during which the genius of Richard Feynman (1918-1988) is celebrated by those who knew him best. His genius is also revealed by Feynman himself as he explains, in layman’s terms, some of the…

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The chemistry of enthusiasm

January 29, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from a Bain Brief co-authored by Domenico Azzarello, Frédéric Debruyne, and Ludovica Mottura, featured at Bain & Company’s website. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of resources, and sign up for email…

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Larry Smith on “Why you will fail to have a great career”

January 29, 2014

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 2005, it remained a once-a-year…

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