Commentaries

Why the Publishing Industry Isn’t Doomed: Readers’ Control In the Future of Reading

February 2, 2013

Here is an abbreviated version of an article written by Baratunde Thurston and featured in Fast Company magazine. As he explains, the publishing industry thinks it’s the end of days, but the world of words is a growth market. This…

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Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s advice for entrepreneurs

February 2, 2013

Here is a portion of the transcript from an interview of John Mackey, conducted by  Rebecca Jarvis 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…

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Peter Sims on “Five of Steve Jobs’s Biggest Mistakes”

February 1, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Peter Sims 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…

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The Narcissistic Leader: Not as Good as He (Or You) May Think

February 1, 2013

Maria Konnokova‘s instant bestseller, Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, was published by Viking on January 3, 2013, and remains on the New York Times bestseller list. Here is a brief excerpt from a blog post of hers that…

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Andrew St. George on “Leadership lessons from the Royal Navy”

January 31, 2013

Here is an article written by Andrew St. George for The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. As he explains, “This branch of the British armed services consciously fosters cheerfulness and nourishes its collective memory. Business executives should take…

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10 Creative Block Breakers That Actually Work

January 31, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Susan K. Perry for Psychology Today in which she insists, “You CAN overcome the frustration of feeling blocked.” To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please…

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Preparing for a new era of work

January 30, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article featured in The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Susan Lund, James Manyika, and Sree Ramaswamy explain how and why global competition, emerging skill shortages, and changing demographics will soon…

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My Favorite Quotations About Women: Part 2

January 29, 2013

o Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President’s spouse. I wish him well! — Barbara Bush o “Any fool knows men…

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This Explains Everything: 192 Thinkers on the Most Elegant Theory of How the World Works

January 29, 2013

The website Brain Pickings is the brain child of Maria Popova, an “interestingness hunter-gatherer and curious mind at large,” who also writes for Wired UK and The Atlantic, among others, and is an MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow. She has gotten occasional help from a handful of…

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Emily Bennington asks, “Who says it’s a man’s world?”

January 28, 2013

Emily Bennington is holding her breath. Well, not literally, but with a new book coming out this month, she’s certainly feeling the “excited energy” as she calls it. Good thing she knows how to thrive under pressure. Actually, Emily’s latest…

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