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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Claudio Feser, Fernanda Mayol, and Ramesh Srinivasan for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain…
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I encountered the list that follows at StumbleUpon.com. Several of the quotations were new to me. Perhaps a few will be of interest and value to you. * * * The way you start your day can have tremendous impact…
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Where the Hell Are the Guns?: A Soldier’s View of the Anxious Years, 1939-44 George Blackburn McClelland & Stewart (1999) Although the last of Blackburn’s three volumes about World War Two have been published (The Guns of Normandy and The…
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Over the years, Marty Neumeier has published eight bestsellers and his ninth —SCRAMBLE — will be published in October. There is no other business thinker I hold in higher regard. Marty’s mind reminds me of a Swiss Army knife. For…
Read MoreHuman + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI Paul Daugherty and James Wilson Harvard Business Review Press (March 2018) Here is a roadmap for understanding and navigating the AI revolution According to Paul Daugherty and James Wilson, “the…
Read MoreI continue to be amazed by the number of business executives who do not know what their core business is. ServiceMASTER has several divisions/brands: Terminix, American Home Shield, ServiceMASTER Restore, ServiceMASTER Clean, Merry Maids, Furniture Medic, and AmeriSpec. Years ago,…
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Much has been said and written about major changes in the traditional workplace environment in response to equally important changes the workers themselves. Long ago, Charles Darwin observed, “It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is…
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Ama Marston is an entrepreneur, internationally recognized strategy and leadership expert, and the coauthor of TYPE R: Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World. (Hachette book Group; 2018). She has worked on five continents with global leaders like Mary…
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When Barbara Bush concluded her commencement address at Wellesley College in 1990, she asked her audience to consider this possibility: “Who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and…
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