Commentaries

How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity

July 5, 2023

Here is an excerpt from a clazssic HBR article written by Ed Catmull for Harvard Business Review (September 2008) and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and…

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What you may not already know about The Declaration of Independence

July 4, 2023

Here are nine surprising facts about the iconic founding document adopted on July 4, 1776.I am grateful to Elizabeth Harrison and the HISTORY website for providing this information. Credit: Library of Congress (John Trumbull) * * * 1. The Declaration…

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Leading with purpose and humanity: A conversation with Hubert Joly

June 29, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an interview of Hubert Joly by Bruce Simpson or the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (2020). To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for…

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Three Lessons From Chatting About Strategy With ChatGPT

June 27, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Christian Stadler and Martin Reeves for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * When generative AI’s…

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What Was Nate Silver’s Data Revolution?

June 26, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jay Caspian Kang for The New Yorker (June 13, 2023). To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Pierre Buttin * * * Silver,…

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Cracking the Code of Sustained Collaboration: Six new tools for training people to work together better

June 26, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Francesca Gino 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 HBR email alerts,…

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Michael Lenox on five frameworks by which to achieve a successful digital transformation

June 23, 2023

A common theme running through Strategy in the Digital Age is that digital technology is changing — sometimes totally disrupting — the underlying basis of competition for a wide swath of businesses and industries…Most important, this book is about how to…

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The Missing Discipline Behind Failure to Scale

June 22, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Andy Binns  and Christine Griffin for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Dan Page/theispot.com * *…

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The Business Case for Quantum Computing

June 21, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Francesco Bova, Avi Goldfarb, and Roger Melko for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Andy Potts *…

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