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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jon Wettersten and Dean Malmgren 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…
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Viva la Repartee: Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts from History’s Great Wits and Wordsmiths Mardy Grothe Collins/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2005) Viva Grothe! Those who have already read Grothe’s Oxymoronica will thoroughly enjoy this volume in which he shifts…
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Here is an especially interesting article now featured by the BigFuture website in which experts predict where the jobs will be in 2018. (Wish I had seen it sooner because I know so many recent and imminent school and college…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joan C. Williams and Marina Multhaup 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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It’s time to take today’s technological threats seriously and change the way you do business. Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Mathias Herzog, Tom Puthiyamadam, and Nils Naujok for Strategy+Business magazine. To read the complete article,…
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Alive at Work: The Neuroscience of Helping Your People to Love What They Do Daniel Cable Harvard Business Review Press (March 2018) “I wonder what my soul does all day when I’m at work.” — Graffiti in London Recent research…
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Mrs. Malaprop is a character in Richard Sheridan’s 1775 play, The Rivals. She mangles the English language with unrestrained enthusiasm. The play is somewhat dated but Mrs. Malaprop’s influence is apparently alive and well. Here are some modern-day examples…
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Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History’s Greatest Wordsmiths Mardy Grothe Collins/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2004) The Wit and Wisdom of Incongruity One of my best friends had an aunt — her name was Ginny — who, like Yogi…
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25 Strange Facts From History You Probably Didn’t Learn In School Source: List25 25 Officially, the longest war in history was between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly, which lasted from 1651 to 1986. There were no casualties. 24…
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Inspiring Quotes on Being a Better Person
TDR’s observation reminds me of one of Jack Dempsey’s: “Champions get up when they can’t.” Here is a collection of other quotes provided by Kyle Ingham to which I have added a few of my own favorites. * * *…
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