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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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Thank you, IMDb, for providing a wealth of information about the entertainment world. For example, the life and work of Sean Connery: * * * He was born Thomas Sean Connery on August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, and recently…
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In The Genius of Birds, Jennifer Ackerman observes: “Birds learn. They solve new problems and invent novel solutions to old ones. They make and use tools. They count. They copy behaviors from one another. They remember where they put things.”…
Read MoreWilford Brimley in a scene from “Absence of Malice.” “I’m never the leading man,” he said in 1993. “I never get the girl. And I never get to take my shirt off.” Credit…Columbia Pictures By William Grimes Wilford Brimley,…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sven Blumberg, Thomas Delaet, and Kartikeya Swami for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign…
Read MoreHBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict Amy Gallo Harvard Business Review Press (April 2017) Cutting-edge thinking about the common sources of conflict, how people approach it differently, and how to resolve it [Note: Here’s a reprise of one of my…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by James Fallows for The Atlantic. To rread the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscriptions, please click here. * * * Why did it take so long…
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