Commentaries

To Become More Adaptable, Take a Lesson from Biology

March 17, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rafe Sagarin 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 email alerts, please click here. *…

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Michael Lewis on Sheryl Sanberg’s “Manifesto”

March 15, 2013

The most powerful working mother in Silicon Valley, Sheryl Sandberg may wish her life weren’t viewed as a social statement. But since it is, the C.O.O. of Facebook is tackling the issue head-on. In the April 2013 issue of Vanity…

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“Out of the Mouths of Babes”: Part 2

March 15, 2013

These comments are authentic, obtained from several sources, provided by children after having attended a vacation Bible class. 1. In the first book of the Bible, Guinness’s, God got tired of creating the world, so He took the Sabbath off.…

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Nick Morgan on “The first step to brain mastery”

March 15, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from the first of several articles written by Nick Morgan and featured by PublicWords, a family-owned and operated company. It was founded in 1997 by Morgan, one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches. Nick…

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Lean In: Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Explains What’s Holding Women Back

March 14, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by the National Public Radio staff in which they discuss Sheryl Sanberg and her bestseller, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (March 11,…

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Brain Plasticity: How learning changes your brain

March 14, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dr. Pascale Michelon and featured at the SharpBrains website. As seen in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and more, SharpBrains is an independent market research and think…

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John Hagel III and John Seely Brown on “Institutional Innovation”

March 14, 2013

Institutions that can drive accelerated learning will be the most likely to thrive in today’s environment of exponential technology change and market uncertainty. Institutional innovation can allow organizations to rearchitect themselves to scale learning and generate richer innovations at other…

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An Interview of Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard

March 13, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt (i.e. introduction and two Q&As) from an interview of Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard, conducted by David A. Byrne, for Poets & Quants, an online source that covers all that matters in the business…

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TIME Magazine’s All-Time Top 10 Commencement Speeches

March 13, 2013

Over the years, I have participated (as student or teacher) in 15 commencement exercises and attended at least another dozen as a parent or grandparent. At the moment, I cannot remember a single speaker, much less any of the remarks.…

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How to Make Emotional Connections with Your Employees

March 13, 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. The higher up you go in an organization, the more important is to…

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