Commentaries

Larry Weber and Lisa Leslie Henderson on “Ten New Skills Marketers Must Learn to Stay Relevant and Customer-Centric”

May 16, 2014

Since the ancient bazaars in Athens and Rome, marketing has created or increased demand for what is offered, whatever that may be. In recent years, many of the transactions have been conducted electronically, online. Almost 40% of the world is…

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The Ten Most Watched TED-Ed Programs Thus Far

May 15, 2014

Here is a recent announcement from the TED Organization that will be of special interest to those such as I who remain profoundly concerned about the quality of education (at all levels) in the United States. * * * The…

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Global flows in a digital age

May 15, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by James Manyika, Jacques Bughin, Susan Lund, Olivia Nottebohm, David Poulter, Sebastian Jauch, and Sree Ramaswamy for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check…

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The 12 Different Ways for Companies to Innovate

May 14, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Mohanbir Sawhney, Robert C. Wolcott, and Inigo Arroniz for MIT SLoan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * *…

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Yves Morieux: “As work gets more complex, here are 6 rules to simplify.”

May 14, 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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Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner on “How and why to think like a freak”

May 14, 2014

In their latest book, Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner cite several examples of people who trick guilty parties (i.e. those who prey upon people who are ignorant…

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Grow fast or die slow

May 13, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Eric Kutcher, Olivia Nottebohm, and Kara Sprague for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why software and online-services companies can quickly become billion-dollar giants,…

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E.B. White on “Winding the Clock”

May 13, 2014

We all have dark and dank moments — sometimes days — when our spirit sags and we feel defeated, at least temporarily. Whenever I do, I re-read a letter written by E.B. White in response to a request for advice,…

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Sheila Margolis on “Diverse Perspectives on Employee Engagement”

May 11, 2014

Interest in and disagreement about the causes and effects of employee engagement in the workplace, as well as about the absence thereof, seem certain to continue in months and years to come. Quite by accident, I came upon a remarkably…

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Christopher Emdin on the need to “Teach teachers how to create magic”

May 10, 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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