Commentaries

Five Key Trends in AI and Data Science for 2024

February 9, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR…

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What you may not already know about Taylor Swift

February 7, 2024

The International Movie Database (IMDb) remains the best single source for information about the entertainment world. For example, Taylor Swift. o She was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on December 13, 1989. o For songs that she owns and for which…

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The Man Who Forgets Nothing: The minestrone of Martin Scorsese’s mind

February 6, 2024

Here is a brief excerpt from an classic (March 19, 2000) article by Mark Singer for The New Yorker in which he explains how and why movies, books, whiskey labels, childhood memories — they’re all lodged in the Martin Scorsese’s…

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Angry Middle-Aged Man

February 5, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic New Yorker article by James Kaplan, published in the January 19, 2004, issue. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration by Steve Brodner  *…

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The Hidden Opportunity in Paradoxes

January 30, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by Scott D. Anthony for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Traci Daberko * * * When…

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Wisdom on the Other Side of Complexity

January 27, 2024

Long ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. observed, “I don’t care a fig about simplicity on this side of complexity but I would give my life for simplicity on the other side of complexity.” In his latest book, Possible, William Ury…

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What We’re Still Getting Wrong About Performance Management

January 27, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by Amy Leschke-Kahle  for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illuastration Credit: Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images *…

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Eight Essential Leadership Tips for 2024

January 26, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by Laurianne McLaughlin for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here.   link Illustration Credit: Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images…

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The Hit Man’s Burden: The Old Country Meets Prozac Nation on “The Sopranos.”

January 23, 2024

Here is a “classic” New Yorker article written by Nancy Franklin and published in the March 22, 1999. issue. To check out other articles in that issue and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Illustration by Lara Tomlin *…

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What Managers Should Ask About AI Models and Data Sets

January 22, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by  Roger W. Hoerl and Thomas C. Redman for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Alice Mollon/Ikon Images…

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