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According to James D. Tracy, Desiderius Erasmus was born October 27, 1469 [1466?], Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, and died July 12, 1536, Basel, Switzerland. He was a Dutch humanist but also, paradoxically, the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance, the…
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Margin of Trust: The Berkshire Business Model Lawrence Cunningham and Stephanie Cuba Columbia Business School Publishing (January 2020) Value investing depends on “margin of safety”; organizational health depends on “margin of trust” In my review of The Essays of Warren…
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Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Benjamin Gilad 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…
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The Enlightenment That Failed: Ideas, Revolution, and Democratic Defeat, 1748-1830 Jonathan I. Israel Oxford University Press (January 2020) A brilliant examination of previously unexplored dimensions of the Radical Enlightenment thesis Those who have a passionate interest in world history are…
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Here is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…
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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 a colleague or direct report fails to follow…
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Opinions vary about which forms of really dumb thinking are the most common and many of those opinions offer excellent examples of dumb thinking. The opinions I now share are those of several thinkers whom I personally admire. They include…
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What’s Your Problem?: To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Harvard Business Review Press (March 2020) If you don’t solve the right problem, you’ve only created many more problems. What is the thesis of this…
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Here is another superb article from David Gelles for The New York Times in which he shares his conversation with Laurene Powell Jobs, an interview with the 35th-richest person in the world, who is funding efforts on immigration, education and…
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Focus on “Microhabits” to Change Your Behavior
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. * * * High achievers often have lofty aspirations for self-improvement. But…
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