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Here is an excerpt from another “classic” article written by Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…
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Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 Michael Beschloss Simon & Schuster (2008) Crucibles unlike any other Not all U.S. Presidents were courageous and not all courageous U.S. Presidents are discussed in this volume. According to Michael Beschloss,…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Eben Harrell for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Jiawen Chen…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nate Silver for The New Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. Illustration Credit: Sam Whitney/The New…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Murat Tarakci, Fabian J. Sting, Jan Recker and Gerald C. Kane for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain…
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Before I began some research on the subject years ago, I did not know that, until Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, laborers who chose to participate in parades to celebrate anything had to forfeit a day’s wages.…
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HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2018) How non-technicians can master the basics of data analytics to make better decisions Most of the volumes in the “HBR Guide to” series are…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger L. Martin 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,…
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Cal Newport Grand Central Publishing (2016) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Note: I recently re-read this book prior to…
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Lessons to be learned from Pixar about a “creative culture”
Here is my take on what Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson learned during a lengthy and probing study of the Pixar culture: 1. Celebrate failure with the same intensity as you celebrate success. View each setback as a precious learning…
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