Commentaries

Why the U.S. Must Invest in Its Most Effective Teachers

July 18, 2011

To their great credit, McKinsey & Company and The Atlantic magazine are co-sponsors of an especially important series of responses to this question: “What’s the single best idea to jumpstart job creation?” Here is Michelle A. Rhee‘s response. She is…

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Rich business reads: “Separating the wheat from a mountain of chaff”

July 18, 2011

Opinions are divided — often sharply divided — about which are the best business books this year, all-time, to store within an electronic reading device, to take on vacation…yada yada yada. Check out this video featured online by The Economist.…

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Rules for Good Writing

July 18, 2011

In The Best of Business, a book published by The Economist in collaboration with Pegasus Books in 2009, one of the entries identifies and briefly explains “Six rules of good writing.” They are: 1. Do not be stuffy. 2. Do…

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Who Moved My Cube?

July 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Anne-Laure Fayard and John Weeks for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR…

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Blurring Face-to-Face and Virtual Encounters

July 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Weeks and Anne-Laure Fayard for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts,…

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The Missing Link in Innovative Research

July 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Anna Pettersson and August Vlak for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *    …

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2 Career-Killing Lessons New Grads Need to Unlearn

July 18, 2011

Here is an article written by Nell Minow 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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Your Team Needs 3 Essential Characteristics

July 18, 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. What makes a team work can feel like a mystery. While you…

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The Pixar Touch: A book review by Bob Morris

July 17, 2011

The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company David A. Price Vintage Books/A Division of Random House (2008) I re-read this book after reading the more recently published book co-authored by Bill Capodaglio and Lynn Jackson, Innovate the Pixar Way:…

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