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Delta C.E.O. Ed Bastian: “Leadership Is Not a Popularity Contest”

March 11, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from David Gelles’ interview of Delta C.E.O. Ed Bastian who helped steer the airline through 9/11 and a bankruptcy. Then he had to tangle with the National Rifle Association. To read the complete interview, check…

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The Big Nine: A book review by Bob Morris

March 10, 2019

The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity Amy Webb Public Affairs (March 2019) So many questions: Great peril or great opportunity? Both? Neither? Who decides? As author Shoshana Zuboff explains, The Age of…

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Globalization in transition: The future of trade and value chains

March 10, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from a major study completed by the McKinsey Global Institute, written by  Susan Lund, James Manyika, Jonathan Woetzel, Jacques Bughin, Mekala Krishnan, Jeongmin Seong, and Mac Muir, featured inthe McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey &…

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What separates leaders from laggards in the Internet of Things

March 9, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Michael Chui, Brett May, Subu Narayanan, and Ridham Shah for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about…

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Frank Wilczek’s simple answer to three contentious questions about AI

March 9, 2019

In Possible Minds, Frank Wilczek is one of 25 thought leaders who address the promise and peril of AI. Here is his answer to three “contentious” questions: o Can intelligence be conscious? o Can an artificial intelligence be creative? o…

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Gary Shapiro on the Unique Power of the Ninja Mindset: An interview by Bob Morris

March 8, 2019

Gary Shapiro is president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, the U.S. trade association representing more than 2,200 consumer technology companies and which owns and produces CES® – The Global Stage for Innovation. Shapiro directs a staff of…

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Fully engaged employees: 10 key insights

March 8, 2019

In July 2018 the ADP Resaearch Institiute (ADPRI) conducted a nineteen-country study of the world’s workforce. The aim of this study was to measure the relative levels of engagement of each country, and to identify the conditions at work that…

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Why You Should Work Less and Spend More Time on Hobbies

March 8, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gaetano DiNardi 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 alerts,…

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The defining characteristics of a “best team”

March 7, 2019

  In an appendix to Nine Lies About Work, Roanne Bisby Davis and Ashley Goodall explain, “Four years ago, the human resources team at Cisco set out to measure the world of work as carefully and reliably as possible. Since…

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Gods and Robots: A book review by Bob Morris

March 7, 2019

Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology Adrienne Mayor Princeton University Press (November 2018) “The great river network of mythic narratives with all its tributaries” That is how George Zarkadakis characterizes the narrative arc in Adrienne Mayor…

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