Commentaries

How to Ensure the Success of Your Innovation Process

May 5, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Mary Ahner, senior vice president, and Jerry Laird, executive vice president, Sinclair Group. They suggest seven ways to refresh innovation in your organization. To read the complete article, check out…

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Malcolm Gladwell on Think Like a Freak

May 5, 2014

In one of the many wonderful moments in Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain , Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner ask the question: “Who is easier to fool—kids or adults?” The obvious answer,…

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Key Strategies for a Successful Turnaround

May 5, 2014

In an article written by Brian Gleason for the ABF Journal magazine, he explains why embracing change throughout the given enterprise is essential to the success of a turnaround. Decades ago, I learned that people tend to have a much…

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Elizabeth GIlbert on “Success, failure and the drive to keep creating”

May 4, 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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Marshall Goldsmith on “The Elements of Trust-Making”

May 3, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Marshall Goldsmith for Talent Management magazine. To read the complete article, check out all the resources, and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines…

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Headwaters for a River of Stand-Up: Steven Wright’s Offbeat Humor Has Nurtured Other Comics

May 3, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jason Zinoman about one of my all-time favorite humorists, Steven Wright, featured in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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Three Essentials for Long-Term Business success

May 2, 2014

According to Rich Karlgaard, an organization must have a Hard Edge, a Soft Edge, and a Strategic Base to continually innovate, be healthy in volatile times, and enjoy lasting success. I agree. In The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find…

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Marty Neumeier on “The Rules of Genius, #10: Wait for the Jolt”

May 1, 2014

When the right idea comes along, your emotional brain sends a signal to the rest of your body. It’s a tingle, a flash, or a jolt that tells you something remarkable has happened. Suddenly the world reels, a thousand gears…

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The Four Stages of Talent Evaluation

May 1, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Catherine Luff for Talent Management magazine. She explains why and how, with the global economy in full recovery and talent management pushing full-steam ahead, organizations should follow four steps to properly…

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Edgar Schein on “A Healthy Culture”

April 30, 2014

Long ago when first involved in efforts to help restore an ailing organization to good health, I realized that an organization is only as healthy as its people are, and, that one’s mental must be measured within four separate but…

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