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The Unexpected Upsides of Letting Employees Define Their Jobs

May 6, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Benjamin Laker and  Stefania Mariano for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here.…

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The successful behaviors of effective leaders

May 1, 2024

Here is mini-commentary written by Drew Holzfeind for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To check out “classic” articles, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. Illustration Credit: * * *…

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50 years later, Stephen King stands alone

April 18, 2024

Here is the Introduction to an article featured in The New York Times by Adam Sternbergh. To read the article, check out others, and obtain subscription rates, please click here. Illustration Credit: Laura Jayne Hodkin * * * Friday marked…

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Method Man: How the greatest American actor lost his way.

April 15, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Claudia Roth Pierpont and published in The New Yorker (October 20, 2008). To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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What 40 Years of Research Reveals About the Difference Between Disruptive and Radical Innovation

April 3, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classsic HBR article written by Christian Hopp, David Antons, Jermain Kaminski, and Torsten Oliver Salge for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network (April 29, 2018). To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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What Did Jesus Do?

March 31, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Adam Gopnik published in The New Yorker (May 17, 2010). To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please…

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What you may not already know about Taylor Swift

March 29, 2024

Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Her father, Scott Swift, is a stockbroker; her mother, Andrea Swift, is a homemaker who previously worked as a fund marketing executive; and her brother, Austin,…

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Beyond Disruption: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 28, 2024

Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs W. Chan Kim and Renée A. Mauborgne Harvard Business Review Press (May 2023) The Unique Power and Substantial Benefits of Nondisruptive Creation In their latest book, W. Chan…

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Keeping Innovative Projects Aligned With Strategy

March 21, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by Ard-Pieter de Man, Anna Plotnikova, and Ludwig Hoeksema for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Carolyn…

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Here are memorable insights by and about women

March 19, 2024

Obviously, not all of the most valuable insights are gender-specific. For example, from Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” No doubt some are more relevant to women than they are to men. These are among the most…

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