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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Alison Gopnik for the Wall Street Journal. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Image credit: Magoz * * * Over the…
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Of the dozens of well-deserved tributes to Nelson Mandela that I have seen thus far, of greatest interest to me was one by Juan Williams for The Wall Street Journal in which he recalled, “Fresh from prison, he granted an…
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Here is a review by Maria Popova for her website, Brain Pickings, in which she discusses Jeremy Dean’s recently published book, Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don’t, and How to Make Any Change Stick. To…
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Here’s a brief excerpt from an article by Angie Hicks for LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * When I remember the summer of 1995 and how I made myself knock…
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In his superb biography, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, Brad Stone explains that Bezos once retained Jim Collins to participate in Amazon.com’s executive retreat (in 2001) to help him and his senior managers clarify their…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an especially important article by Josh Bersin for Forbes. He discusses one of the most promising new frontiers in contemporary education, generally referred to as the “MOOC market” (Massive Open Online Courses). To read…
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Here is a brief excerpt from article written by Margaret Heffernan 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 website’s newsletters,…
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I have just read and am now re-reading George Gilder‘s latest book, Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How It Is Revolutionizing Our World, published by Regnery (2013). As I will indicate in my review of it…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Belle Beth Cooper for Buffer Networks, a blog about productivity, life hacks, writing, user experience, customer happiness and business. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for…
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Mobilizing your C-suite for big-data analytics
Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Brad Brown, David Court, and Paul Willmott for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. In it, they explain how leadership-capacity constraints are undermining many companies’ efforts. New management…
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