Commentaries

Simon Sinek on “How great leaders inspire action”

March 27, 2014

Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you probably know alread, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…

Read More

Anne-Marie Slaughter on “Can’t we all ‘have it all’?”

March 26, 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…

Read More

The 20 Most-Watched TEDTalks

March 25, 2014

TED has just identified The 20 Most-Watched TEDTalks. Here’s a direct link to the article, one in which there are direct links to all of those TEDTalks. Enjoy! To learn more about TED, please click here.

Read More

The Power of “Difference Thinking”

March 25, 2014

Although acknowledging one of Steve Jobs’s unique talents, Bernadette Jiwa suggests, “Difference thinking is more than the ability to connect the dots. It’s about seeing the truth, recognising the opportunity in that truth and then acting on it. You need…

Read More

Susan Cain on “The power of introverts”

March 24, 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…

Read More

Gallup: The Truth About Telecommuting

March 24, 2014

Here’s a brief excerpt from an article by Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of the Gallup Organization. It is featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To check out all the articles posted by the website’s Influentials, please click here. * * *…

Read More

9 Things Great Leaders Say Every Day

March 24, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bill Murphy Jr. for Inc. magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * People judge you by what you do–and…

Read More

Church Ladies With Typewriters

March 23, 2014

They’re back! Those wonderful Church Bulletins! Thank Goodness for the church ladies with typewriters. These sentences really did appear in church bulletins or were announced at church services: The fee for the Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. * *…

Read More

Michael Raynor on “Three rules for success”

March 23, 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…

Read More

America’s Long and Productive History of Class Warfare

March 21, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Justin Fox 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,…

Read More