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As collaborators, the comedian Steve Martin, and the illustrator Harry Bliss (in Manhattan last month) have something of an odd-couple dynamic. Here is a brief excerpt from an article about them by Alexandra Alter for The New York Times. Credit:…
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Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap Deanna Mulligan with Greg Shaw Columbia Business School Press (October 2020) “The illiterate of the 21st century will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” I was again reminded…
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Many people now fear that machines or a combination of electronic devices will eliminate their jobs when in fact they will create new and better jobs, as they have for more than two thousand years. For example: o Compass (206…
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Goal-Setting Boot Camp: Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Kevin Shulman Sandler Training (September 2020) How and why effective goal setting starts in the personal realm and moves outward from there The title of one…
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Thank you, IMDb and Wikipedia, for providing a wealth of information about the entertainment world. For example, the life and work of Laurence Olivier. Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor…
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For years on this national holiday, I have posted a list of the number of men and women in the military services who were killed during each of the wars in which the United States has been involved. My sources…
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Here is an excerpt from the transcript of a conversation during which McKinsey senior partner Harry Robinson joins CEOs to discuss what it takes to truly transform an organization. The article appeared in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey &…
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High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting: How to Attract and Retain the Best Talent By Improving the Candidate Experience Barbara Bruno KoganPage Limited (September 2020) How to master the high-tech/high-touch approach to recruiting I cannot recall a prior time when organizations had a…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Jennifer Ackerman for The New York Times in which she explains why so many people want to return to their lives and livelihoods without sacrificing the natural world that supports us in…
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The Practice: Shipping Creative Work Seth Godin Portfolio/Penguin (November 2020) Once again, Seth Godin shares “everything you need to make magic” So far, Seth Godin has created nineteen international bestsellers and will probably create another dozen or two in the…
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