Commentaries

Literally, one of history’s coolest ideas

March 2, 2013

In Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation published by Riverhead Books/Penguin (2010), Steven Johnson examines the origin and development of what is quite literally one of history’s coolest ideas: the air conditioner. Based in Brooklyn, the Sackett-Wilhelm Lithography Company…

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Metacognition: How to read, understand, and retain much more in much less time

March 1, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by J.N. Chaney for Cracked.com, the most visited humor website in the world, with over 300 million monthly page views. The award-winning site was founded in 2007 by Jack O’Brien and…

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How to Use Questions to Build Your Case

March 1, 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. * * * When making a case for something, you’ll have an easier…

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3 Ways to Get People to Change

February 28, 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. *     *     * You can change strategy, products, and processes all you want, but…

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70+ Lessons that Influenced the Top Minds in Business

February 28, 2013

        The concept is brilliant, in part, because it is so simple: ask some of the most accomplished people in business share the secrets to their success — the best advice they’ve ever received. The result is…

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Susan Jacoby on: “Robert Ingersoll, the Great Agnostic”

February 27, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article writtem by Susan Jacoby, A New Birth of Reason, in which she discusses Robert Ingersoll, the Great Agnostic, who inspired late-19th-century Americans by affirming the founders’ belief in separation of church and state.…

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Innovation Whac-A-Mole

February 26, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Henry Doss for Forbes magazine. To read the complete article, check out other resources, obtain subscription information, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. Photo credit: Wikipedia *…

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Robert Ingersoll and “A New Birth of Reason”

February 26, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article in The American Scholar written by Susan Jacoby. She points out that Robert Ingersoll, the Great Agnostic, inspired late-19th-century Americans to uphold the founders’ belief in separation of church and state. The…

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How to Re-think the Way You Think

February 25, 2013

“You can ask people for advice, but in the end only you have the answer. Start the year on the right foot by resolving to make the best decisions,” according to Jac Fitz-enz. Here is an excerpt from an article…

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7 Tips for Handling Criticism

February 23, 2013

Here’s a brief excerpt from an article written by Gretchen Rubin and featured at her website. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and subscribe to her newsletter, please click here. * * * I have a very…

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