Commentaries

How to Re-Energize Your Tired Brain

July 9, 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. * * * If you’re stressed out and tired, it’s hard to learn…

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Don’t Rely on Employees’ (Not So) Common Sense

July 9, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Deanna Hartley for Talent Management magazine. To read the complete article, check out all the resources, and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines…

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How to Use Tension and Conflict to Create Breakthrough Products

July 8, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Matthew E. May 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…

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Edison was wrong about sleep

July 8, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an 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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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 7/1/13)

July 7, 2013

  I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value Daniel Isenberg Craving: Why We Can’t Seem to…

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Napoleon Chagnon: Blood Is Their Argument

July 6, 2013

Here is an introduction by Richard Dawkins to a video conversation in which he and Napoleon Chagnon, Steven Pinker, Richard Wrangham, Daniel C. Dennett, and David Haig participate. To watch the video and check out other resources at Edge.org, please…

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Nelson Mandela’s Legend: 7 Leadership Lessons

July 5, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Steve Tappin and featured by LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check a wealth of other resources, please click here. * * * We’re all aware that Nelson Mandela…

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Stop Managing to the Exception

July 5, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jason Averbook for Talent Management magazine. He explains why organizations should only customize technology if they can make the case that it will drive business value. To read the complete article,…

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Finding Your Passion In Work: 20 Awesome Quotes

July 4, 2013

Here is an article written by Shane Show (Journalist, Geek, CCO of Contently) for LinkedIn. To check out other resources, please click here. * * * Ask yourself: If you could do anything for eight hours a day for the…

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The McKinsey Quarterly: Ten Most Popular Articles (3Q 2013)

July 3, 2013

These are three of the ten most popular articles as selected by the McKinsey Quarterly‘s readers. To read any/all of them, please click here. * * * Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy James…

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