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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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Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization Scott D. Anthony, Paul Cobban, Natalie Painchau, and Andy Parker Harvard Business Review Press (October 2020) How to build a workplace culture where the behaviors that drive…
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In his latest bestseller, Range, David Epstein devotes an entire chapter to a concept with which many people are not familiar: “lateral thinking with withered technology.” This is how Gunpei Yokoi explained his success creating electronic games for Nintendo. As…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Marc de Jong and Menno van Dijk, one of the all-time most popular featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, and…
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The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership Chris Lewis and Pippa Malmgren Kogan Page INSPIRE (October 2020) How to answer these key questions: How much of WHAT is needed WHERE? WHEN? Also, WHY? Long ago I realized…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Jacques Bughin, Michael Chui, and James Manyika, one of the all-time most popular featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, and…
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The Wisdom of Bees: What the Hive Can Teach Business About Leadership, Efficiency, and Growth Michael O’Malley Portfolio/Penguin (2010) Busy as a bee? Good. Efficient and productive as a bee? MUCH better. I read this book when it was first…
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Here is an excerpt from another classic (albeit brief but substantial) article by Claudio Feser, Fernanda Mayol, and Ramesh Srinivasan, one of the all-time most popular featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete…
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The Art of Being Indispensable at Work: Win Influence, Beat Overcommitment, and Get the Right Things Done Bruce Tulgan Harvard Business Review Press (October 2020) Focus on what is most important, not on what is merely “urgent” Long ago, I…
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Orson Welles on his life and work
I think IMDb is the single best source for information about multiple entertainment industries, including film. Here is a selection of observations by Orson Welles who was indeed, in every possible way, “larger than life” as a director, producer, writer,…
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