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Breaking away: The secrets to scaling analytics

September 20, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Peter Bisson, Bryce Hall, Brian McCarthy, and Khaled Rifai for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about…

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Women in the Workplace 2017

September 19, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Alexis Krivkovich, Kelsey Robinson, Irina Starikova, Rachel Valentino, and Lareina Yee for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the…

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Lead Confidently When You Aren’t Feeling Confident

September 18, 2018

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. * * * When faced with a tough challenge, it’s normal to feel…

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4 Strategies for Overcoming Distraction

September 17, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Chris Bailey 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, please click…

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Notes from the AI frontier: Applications and value of deep learning

September 16, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Michael Chui, James Manyika, Mehdi Miremadi, Nicolaus Henke, Rita Chung, Pieter Nel, and Sankalp Mal for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out…

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Closing the tech gender gap through philanthropy and corporate social responsibility

September 13, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Michael Conway, Kweilin Ellingrud, Tracy Nowski, and Renee Wittemyer for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the…

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When Working Across Cultures, Understand What Silence Means

September 13, 2018

  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. * * * Cultural differences aren’t always obvious. Take silence, for example.…

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Amelia Earhart’s perspective on equality in the workplace

September 11, 2018

  One of my favorite quotations on this subject: “More women will gain admittance as a greater number knock at the door. It might be well to bring an ax along; you may have to chop your way through the…

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The wit and wisdom of Michel de Montaigne

September 9, 2018

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre.There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly. These are among…

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A perspective in 1910 on Thomas Edison

September 8, 2018

The Story of Great Inventions, published by Harper & Brothers (1910), is a seminal work that deserves much more attention and appreciation than it has received. Elmer Ellsworth Burns has this to say about a contemporary, Thomas Edison: “He sat one night…

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