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Here is a remarkable collection of Eugène Atget‘s photographs of Paris 100 years ago juxtaposed with photographs of the same scenes in Paris today. Quite lovely. Perhaps you will enjoy them as much as I do. They are featured in…
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Startup Myths and Models: What You Won’t Learn in Business School Rizwan Virk Columbia Business School Publishing (June 2010) Here’s a GPS for “Startup Land” At the moment, no one is learning anything in business schools. However, when classes resume,…
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How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking Smart About the Numbers Mihir Desai Harvard Business Review Press (April 2019) An offering of essential financial information on the other side of complexity Long ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. said he…
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How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom Matt Ridley Harper (May 2020) “Innovation offers the carrot of spectacular reward or the stick of destitution.” Joseph Schumpeter In the Introduction to his brilliant book, Matt Ridley cites a concept…
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Here is an excerpt from another classic article, written by Carolyn Dewar and Scott Keller, 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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“The Power of Introverts” is among the most popular of all TED programs. Thus far, it has been viewed 26,291,847 times and I highly recommend it to you. In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above…
Read MoreLarry Kramer (above) Credit…Todd Heisler/The New York Times “He showed us that liberation from oppression was a matter of life and death.” With the brevity and precision for which he is deservedly renowned, Tony Kushner makes an important point when…
Read MoreIn How Innovation Works, Matt Ridley observes: “The twentieth century saw only one innovative source of energy on any scale: nuclear power. (Wind and solar, though much improved and with a promising future, still supply less than 2 per cent…
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Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing Joseph L. Badaracco Harvard Business Review Press (2002) The potential power and impact of “small and obscure deeds” Note: I just re-read it and all that Joseph Badaracco affirms is…
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Are you asking enough from your design leaders?
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Melissa Dalrymple, Sam Pickover, and Benedict Sheppard for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and…
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