Commentaries

Adam Lashinsky’s Best Advice: Serve the Reader (aka the Customer)

March 5, 2014

This post by Adam Lishinsky is part of a series in which LinkedIn Influencers share the best advice they’ve ever received. Read all the posts here. * * * I was 25 years old, had recently returned to my hometown,…

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Marty Neumeier on “The Rules of Genius, #3: Feel before you think”

March 4, 2014

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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Alexandra Levit’s 10 Tips to Fireproof Your Bridges When Exiting a Job

March 4, 2014

According to the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the average young American has more than seven different employers before the age of 26; the typical 20-something changes jobs every 16 months. Alexandra Levit is the author of They Don’t…

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Among the best TV commercials ever

March 3, 2014

Long ago, I realized that TV commercials really are an art form. Here are two of my favorites: First. one that touches the heart. Now one that stimulates the mind. Also, TV commercials can dramatize a valuable insight. For example:…

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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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