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Big Data Is Growing: The Amazing Numbers in 2015

November 12, 2015

Big data is growing — in fact, the sector is growing so fast and we are producing data so voraciously, that no one can afford to ignore it as a “fad” any more. And, it’s going to affect all companies,…

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Best Advice: “Clean the Floors, Wash the Windows”

November 11, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bracken Darrell, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * I met Sami Sagol…

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Pope Francis Among the Wolves: A book review by Bob Morris

November 11, 2015

Pope Francis Among the Wolves: The Inside Story of a Revolution Marco Politi with William McCuaig (Translator) Columbia University Press (September 2015) A brilliant examination of Pope Francis’ efforts to cleanse the Church of Rome despite subtle but substantial opposition…

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Simple Sabotage: A book review by Bob Morris

November 10, 2015

Simple Sabotage: A Modern Field Manual for Detecting and Rooting Out Everyday Behaviors That Undermine Your Workplace Robert M.Galford, Bob Frisch, and Cary Greene HarperOne/An Imprint of HarperCollins How and why some of the most destructive sabotage within an organization…

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Building a design-driven culture

November 10, 2015

It’s not enough to just sell a product or service—companies must truly engage with their customers. How to embed experience design in your organization? Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Jennifer Kilian, Hugo Sarrazin, and Hyo…

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The problem with intuition: An interview with Daniel Kahneman

November 9, 2015

Here is an excerpt of an interview of Daniel Kahneman by Michael J. Mauboussin during a recent meeting of the Santa Fe Institute’s Business Network. According to Kahneman, intuition works less often than we think, noted Kahneman, winner of the…

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Reflections on Leadership from Gettysburg

November 9, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Paul Merrild 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 Uses (and Abuses) of Influence: An interview of Robert Cialdini

November 8, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an interview of Robert Cialdini by Sarah Cliffe 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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Wanted: More women in technology

November 8, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from Kara Sprague’s interview of Reshma Saujani for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. The founder of Girls Who Code (GWC) discusses the need for gender diversity in technical fields and ways companies…

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Mary A. Laschinger (C.E.O. of the Veritiv Corporation) in “The Corner Office”

November 7, 2015

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Mary A. Laschinger, C.E.O. of…

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