Commentaries

“Moore’s Law” and the Second Machine Age

February 20, 2014

In The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies, Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee explain that their book “is about the second machine age unfolding right now — an inflection point in the history…

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The “Moneyball” Approach to Hiring CEOs

February 19, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article featured by the Knowledge@Wharton website of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. To read the complete article and check out other resources, please click here. * * * It was…

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Why leadership-development programs fail

February 19, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Pierre Gurdjian, Thomas Halbeisen, and Kevin Lane for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. In it, they explain how and why sidestepping four common mistakes can help companies…

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The Tiger Mother: Fact and Fiction

February 18, 2014

In The Hybrid Tiger: Secrets of the Extraordinary Success of Asian-American Kids, Quanyu Huang shares his thoughts about the relative strengths and weaknesses of education in China and the United States. After a proper and thorough examination of both styles…

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Why Women Are More Effective Leaders Than Men

February 18, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from a three-part series of article by Bob Sherwin for Business Insider, Sherwin, the COO of leadership consultancy Zenger Folkman. He examines women’s leadership effectiveness, representation in corporate America, and solutions for increasing their ranks,…

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Bad to great: The path to scaling up excellence

February 18, 2014

Here is a portion of an excerpt from Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less, co-authored by Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao, featured by the McKinsey Quarterly. Sutton and Rao discuss companies that have scaled up excellence…

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Marty Neumeier on “The Rules of Genius, #2: Wish for what you want”

February 17, 2014

Marty 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 has…

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Something humorous in the air….

February 16, 2014

What a pity that Kulula Airlines doesn’t fly internationally. Those who now dread airline travel would book flights if only for the airline’s sense of humor. Headquartered in Johannesburg. Kulula airline encourages its flight attendants to make the in-flight “safety…

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Geoffrey A. Moore: “Crossing the Chasm Meets The Lean Start-Up”

February 16, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Geoffrey A. Moore for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out dozens of others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * To the degree…

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The Biography Abraham Lincoln Deserved

February 15, 2014

On this Presidents’ Day weekend, at least some of us will think about Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 and George Washington (born on February 22, 1732) and again wonder how they would resolve the several challenges our nation now faces.…

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