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Before I began some research on the subject, I did not know that, until Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, laborers who chose to participate in parades to celebrate anything had to forfeit a day’s wages. I am grateful…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jason Averbook for Talent Management magazine. I share his concern that, more often than not, the data HR brings to the table is in the language of HR, not business. To…
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In Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology (2003) and then in Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape (2006), Henry Chesbrough explains that a business model “performs two important functions: it…
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I am among those who are convinced that workers must be self-motivated to become actively, productively, and happily engaged in the given enterprise. However, it is possible to create a workplace environment with appropriate supervision within which people are most…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Franklyn Cater for National Public Radio (NPR), “A thriving media organization at the forefront of digital innovation, NPR creates and distributes award-winning news, information, and music programming to a network of…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an especially timely article by Josh Bersin for LinkedIn. He observes, “I can tell the economy is recovering: we’re suddenly seeing companies tell us that ’employee retention’ has become a critical issue. Let me…
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In Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (O’Reilly Media 2008), Scott Berkun provides an abundance of information, insights, and counsel on how to master project management, whatever the nature and extent of a project may be. Inevitably, problems develop once a…
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“Good Artists Copy; Great Artists Steal” Who said it first? Steve Jobs? Pablo Picasso? T. S. Eliot? W. H. Davenport Adams? Lionel Trilling? Igor Stravinsky? William Faulkner? Apocryphal? Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Garson O’Toole…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Marla Gottschalk for LinkedIn. She explains why the importance of “psychological capital” is incalculable when attempting to determine the value of an individual or team as well as the value of…
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French Polymath Henri Poincaré on How Creativity Works
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Maria Popova in which she shares Poincaré’s thoughts on how to spark the “sudden illumination” of creative genius. To read the complete article and check out others at her website, Brain…
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