Commentaries

Brian Bourque on Amazon’s 7 guiding principles that power this trillion-dollar company’s pursuit of new ideas

October 21, 2022

Brian Bourque tweeted some especially valuable information that I am grateful for sharing now. * * * Amazon is 25 years old.  But their innovation at scale remains unparalleled. Amazon’s 2021 shareholder letter reveals the 7 principles that power this…

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RAI Enables the Kind of Innovation That Really Matters

October 20, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article by Elizabeth M. Renieris, David Kiron, and Steven D. Mills for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * *…

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What Is Game Theory? How Does It Apply to Business?

October 20, 2022

Here is a brief article from the MasterClass website. I think MasterClass is one of the most valuable online resources and highly recommend it. * * * Game theory is a field of behavioral economics that attempts to predict the…

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More than a hobby but not a career….

October 18, 2022

I was born in Chicago in 1936 and raised by a single-parent mother. During grades 5-12, I was able to attend the Art Institute of Chicago with scholarships from the Dudley Crafts Watson Foundation. Later, I continued to take art…

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What Defines a Successful Organization?

October 17, 2022

Here is an excerpt from another brilliant article written by Ram Charan for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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What you may not already know about James Dean

October 17, 2022

The International Movie Database (IMDb) remains the best single source for information about filmmaking and those who create them. I urge you to check it out. For example, here is a portion of the information IMDb provides about James Dean…

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Broaden Your Influence by Adapting How You Listen

October 16, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article by Nancy Duarte for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * As employees of a communication company,…

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Porcupine vs. Tiger: A brief update on North Korea

October 14, 2022

Here is a brief update on North Korea provided by Choe Sang-Hun, The Times’s bureau chief in Seoul and featured in an article for The New York Times written by  Ian Prasad Philbrick. To read other articles and obtain information…

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A Classic Novel of the Nazis’ Rise That Holds Lessons for Today

October 13, 2022

Here is a brief excerpt of Joshua Cohen’s review of Lion Feuchtwanger’s The Oppermans for The New York Times. To read the complete review, check out other articles, and obtain information about deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. * *…

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Committed innovators: How masters of essentials outperform

October 12, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Laura Furstenthal, Jon McClain, Brian Quinn, and Erik Roth for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and…

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