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Decisions: Practical Advice from 23 Men and Women Who Shaped the World Robert L. Dilenschneider Citadel Press (December 2019) Why the most difficult decisions tend to have the greatest significance I agree with Robert Dilenschneider that valuable lessons about the…
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Here are several of Steven Wright’s best observations. I offer them with the hope they guide and inform efforts to keep your New Year’s resolutions. * * * Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. There’s a fine…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Sendhil Mullainathan that appeared in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscriptions, please click here. Credit: Tim Cook * * *…
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In Quirky, Melissa A. Schilling focuses on eight “breakthrough innovators”: Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs. While doing so, she draws upon an abundance of recent research. However different…
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Here is an excerpt from another “profile of courage” that appeared in The New York Times, in this instance written by David Marchese. To read the complete article as well as others, please click here. * * * This past…
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In their latest book, The Power of Moments, Chip and Dan Heath highlight four techniques that can used to memorialize microexperiences, or, in other words, transform them from ordinary touchpoints ninto extraordinary ones. Here they are: o “Elevation: Use surprise…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Matt Deimund, Michael Drory, Daniel Law, and Maria Valdivieso for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the…
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In Think Outside the Building, Rosabeth Moss Kanter explains how advanced leaders can change the world one smart innovation at a time. Kanter introduces an especially appropriate extended metaphor: “Castles are representations of institutions…[they] are any set of institutional structures…
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Work Tribes: The Surprising Secret to Breakthrough Performance, Astonishing Results, and Keeping Teams Together Shawn Murphy HarperCollins Leadership (August 2019) How and why our “human needs can transform the way we work and how we lead people” As I worked…
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Competitive advantage with a human dimension: From lifelong learning to lifelong employability
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Beth Davies, Connor Diemand-Yauman, and Nick van Dam 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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