Commentaries

Tim Brown on “Why Daydreamers Will Save the World”

March 3, 2014

Here is a brief article featured by LinkedIn Pulse in which Tim Brown shares his thoughts about the value of unstructured thinking that W.H. Auden once described this way: “A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some…

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Beth Comstock’s Best Advice: What I Learned From Jack Welch Hanging Up on Me

March 3, 2014

This post by Beth Comstock is part of a series in which LinkedIn Influencers share the best advice they’ve ever received. In this case, advice from another LinkedIn Influencer, Jack Welch. Read all the posts in the series by clicking…

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Sims Wyeth: “The Best Public Speakers Are Exceptional Listeners”

March 2, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Sims Wyeth for Inc. magazine. To read the complete article and c heck out others, please click here. Image: MJOY.ES/FLICKR * * * Knowing when not to speak is one of…

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The strength of “weak signals”

March 2, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Martin Harrysson, Estelle Métayer, and Hugo Sarrazin for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. As they explain, snippets of information, often hidden in social-media streams, offer companies a…

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Brené Brown on “The power of vulnerability”

March 1, 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…

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Travis Bradberry on “How Successful People Stay Calm”

March 1, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Travis Bradberry for Forbes magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The ability to manage your emotions and remain…

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How technology can drive the next wave of mass customization

February 28, 2014

Here is an article co-authored by Anshuk Gandhi, Carmen Magar, and Roger Roberts for McKinsey & Company in which they explain how and why seven technologies are making it easier to tailor products and services to the wants of individual…

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Brain Food Nuggets (81-90)

February 27, 2014

The buffet awaits: o “A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and…

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Phil Rosenzweig on “The benefits—and limits—of decision models”

February 27, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Phil Rosenzweig for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out a wealth of other resources, learn more about the firm, and register…

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Confabulations of Everyday Life: Is a memoir ever free from fiction, if not outright lies?

February 26, 2014

“A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person’s life and gives an account of it.” Richard Hell Here is a recent post by Bruce Poulsen in his column “Reality Play” featured by Psychology Today. To…

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