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McKInsey Quarterly: Most popular articles in Quarter 3, 2020

October 1, 2020

Here is a list of (with links to) articles  most popular among McKinsey.com’s readers. I highly recommend each. To check out other resources, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * *…

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Only Humans Need Apply: A book review by Bob Morris

October 1, 2020

Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines Thomas H. Davenport and Julia Kirby HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (2016) How the most productive workplaces combine talented people with sophisticated machines in high-impact augmentation [Note: I…

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The Stoic Virtues and Code of Honor

September 30, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Donald J. Robertson and featured at the Medium.com website. * * * What might a code of conduct based on Stoicism look like? Something about the chivalric codes of the Middle…

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The boss factor: Making the world a better place through workplace relationships

September 30, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tera Allas and Bill Schaninger for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for…

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8 of the worst business decisions ever made

September 29, 2020

Here is an article written by Charlotte Giver and featured by Ladders. * * * Even the most innovative and entrepreneurial companies can miss the mark when it comes to the decision of whether to cash in or cash out…

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How to Make Better Group Decisions

September 29, 2020

  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 you have a tough business problem to…

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How to Write a Resume That Gets Noticed

September 28, 2020

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. *     *     * If you’re looking for a job right now, you…

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Six problem-solving mindsets for very uncertain times

September 28, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Charles Conn and Robert McLean 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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Ed Hess on Hyper-Learning: An interview by Bob Morris

September 27, 2020

Ed Hess is a Professor of Business Administration, Batten Fellow and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. He spent more than 20 years in the business world as a senior executive at…

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Margaret Heffernan on two types of optimism

September 26, 2020

In her Introduction to Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future, Margaret Heffernan points out that optimists aren’t idiots. “They do better in life — live longer, healthier, more successful lives — for the simple reason that they don’t ignore problems…

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