Commentaries

Secrets of the Creative Brain

June 28, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Nancy Andreasen for The Atlantic magazine. A leading neuroscientist who has spent decades studying creativity, she shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ—and…

Read More

Marty Neumeier on “Seven Ways to Simplify Your Work”

June 27, 2014

In his latest book, The 46 Rules of Genius: An Innovator’s Guide to Creativity, Marty Neumeier observes, “Most people have a built-in bias toward addition instead of subtraction. For some reason, the concept of ‘more’ comes naturally to us. Yet…

Read More

Chet Elton on “The Power of Positivity

June 27, 2014

Here’s a brief article by Chet Elton for LinkedIn Pulse. To check out others, please click here. * * * When Sean Covey was playing quarterback at BYU, his father Stephen R. Covey rushed back from a work assignment overseas…

Read More

David Brooks on the “Crooked Timber Mentality”

June 26, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by David Brooks for The New York Times. He shares his thoughts about a blog post by Lydia Netzer. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please…

Read More

How to Deal with Difficult Employees and Co-workers

June 25, 2014

Here’s a brief excerpt from an article by Christina Boyes for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. Image credit: Graphic Stock * * * You probably hate dandelions. Almost everyone with a…

Read More

Justynn Royal on “3 Reasons Why You Need to Take Care of Your Team”

June 25, 2014

Here’s an excerpt from an article by Justynn Royal for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Not too long ago, an organization that I was a part of suffered…

Read More

Using marketing analytics to drive superior growth

June 25, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Reship Bhandari, Marc Singer, and Hiek van der Scheer for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They suggest what can be learned from companies using marketing analytics to drive…

Read More

Sylvia Ann Hewlett on “How to Deepen Your Gravitas”

June 24, 2014

Those who have read one or more of Sylvia Ann Hewlett‘s previously published books (notably When the Bough Breaks, Off-Ramps and On-Ramps, Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets, and Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor) already know that…

Read More

Inside Pixar’s Creative Culture

June 24, 2014

Here is a brief article by Martha Mangelsdorf for MIT Sloan Management Review. To check out other articles, obtain subscription information, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Pixar has an impressive record of producing…

Read More

Forge meaning, build identity: Andrew Solomon at TED2014

June 23, 2014

The extraordinary and eloquent Andrew Solomon closes TED2014 with a talk that brought the theater to its feet. Popular wisdom, begins Solomon, is that we find meaning, that it is an external truth to seek. But after a lifetime as…

Read More