Commentaries

How Do Innovators Think?

February 7, 2013

What makes visionary entrepreneurs such as Apple’s Steve Jobs, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Ebay’s Pierre Omidyar and Meg Whitman, and P&G’s A.G. Lafley tick? In a question-and-answer session with HBR contributing editor Bronwyn Fryer, Professors Jeff Dyer of Brigham Young University…

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5 Biggest Leadership Lessons From 2012

February 6, 2013

Flight director Keith Comeaux, right, celebrates with Martin Greco after a successful landing of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory on August 5, 2012 in Pasadena, California. Here is a brief excerpt from an article written…

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The Skills Most Leaders Don’t Have

February 6, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Brian Evje and featured in Inc. magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo: Anthony Danielle via Flickr * * *…

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How to Proactively Manage Your Digital Reputation

February 5, 2013

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Because potential employers can research us 24/7, we’re all in…

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Nancy F. Koehn on “Lincoln’s School of Management”

February 5, 2013

A 2012 re-enactment of the Battle of Shiloh as captured by a pinhole camera in Michie, Tenn. Such a camera has no lens, viewfinder or shutter — just a pinhole at the front and film at the back. Images can…

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How To Make Your Employees Happier

February 4, 2013

Here is an abbreviated version of an article written by Anne Kreamer and featured in Fast Company magazine. As she explains, workplace happiness increases productivity, stimulates creativity, and makes employees more willing to take risks. She examines how some executives…

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Why the Publishing Industry Isn’t Doomed: Readers’ Control In the Future of Reading

February 2, 2013

Here is an abbreviated version of an article written by Baratunde Thurston and featured in Fast Company magazine. As he explains, the publishing industry thinks it’s the end of days, but the world of words is a growth market. This…

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Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s advice for entrepreneurs

February 2, 2013

Here is a portion of the transcript from an interview of John Mackey, conducted by  Rebecca Jarvis for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the…

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Peter Sims on “Five of Steve Jobs’s Biggest Mistakes”

February 1, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Peter Sims for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR…

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The Narcissistic Leader: Not as Good as He (Or You) May Think

February 1, 2013

Maria Konnokova‘s instant bestseller, Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, was published by Viking on January 3, 2013, and remains on the New York Times bestseller list. Here is a brief excerpt from a blog post of hers that…

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