Commentaries

What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

May 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from another lively and informative article written by Laura Vanderkam for BNET, 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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How To Build Trust When Your Team’s Members Don’t Know Each Other

May 17, 2011

In many (most?) larger organizations,  cross-functional teams are formed whose members are in different locations (sometimes in different states and even in different countries) and know little (if anything) about each other. At least initially, one of the greatest challenges…

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A Counter-Intuitive Approach to Making Complex Decisions

May 17, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Maarten Bos and Amy Cuddy for the Harvard Business Review blog’s “The Conversation” series. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription…

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Malcolm Gladwell’s latest contribution

May 16, 2011

I highly recommend the current issue of The New Yorker (May 16, 2011) that includes Malcolm Gladwell’s article, “Creation Myth,” his latest contribution to the “Annals of Business” series. Gladwell is a brilliant journalist but hardly an original business thinker.…

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Apple’s Success Secret: It Makes Mistakes All the Time

May 16, 2011

Here is an article written by Erik Sherman for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *     *    …

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2 Tips for Making To-Do Lists that Work

May 16, 2011

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. For some people, to-do lists are life savers; they keep them organized and…

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How Not to Rip Off Your Customers

May 14, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joshua Gans for the Harvard Business Review blog’s “The Conversation” series. I especially appreciate Gans’s insatiable curiosity to consider unorthodox thinking and the insights only it can generate. Judge for yourself. To…

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When Does the Buck Stop?

May 14, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Saj-nicole Joni for the Harvard Business Review blog “The Conversation” series. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR…

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How to Make Your Co-Workers Smarter

May 14, 2011

Here is an article written by Jessica Stillman for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *    …

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David Kord Murray on the art and science of “borrowing brilliance”

May 14, 2011

David Kord Murray is a former aerospace scientist, Fortune 500 executive, chief innovation officer of two major companies, inventor and software entrepreneur. He has made a living by coming up with new and innovative ideas. In Borrowing Brilliance, he explains…

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