Commentaries
Delegation & Supervision is one of the volumes in the Brian Tracy Success Library. Thus far, the others focus on motivation, negotiation, time management, and leadership, all published by AMACOM. Tracy has already written one or more books of greater…
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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…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Ken Perlman for Forbes. He discusses the very real fear of leading that many managers have, and he suggests how to get past it. To read the complete article, check…
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I have begun and then abandoned more than a dozen drafts of a commentary on what I think is the prevailing mindset of many people as the United States stumbles along, lurching into an uncertain future. I guess I lack…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Kevin Kruse for Forbes. To read the complete article, check out others, obtain subscription information, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * [NOTE: Click here…
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Marty Neumeier is the Director of Transformation for the Liquid Agency as well as author of several bestselling books in which he explains how almost anyone in almost any organization can help to achieve breakthroughs in creativity and innovation. He…
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In an article written for McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, Deryl Sturdevant (a retired Toyota executive) describes how to overcome common management challenges associated with applying lean, and reflects on the ways that Toyota continues to push the…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Thomas L. Friedman for the New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The most striking thing about…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Ewan Duncan and Ron Ritter for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. In it, they note that lean-production techniques have been revolutionizing operations for 50 years. Advances in…
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Brain Food Nuggets (99-100)
The buffet awaits: o “One day at a time. It sounds so simple. It actually is simple but it isn’t easy: it requires incredible support and fastidious structuring.” Russell Brand o “That’s all any of us are: amateurs. We don’t…
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