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Dame Stephanie Shirley is the most successful tech entrepreneur you never heard of. In the 1960s, she founded a pioneering all-woman software company in the UK, which was ultimately valued at $3 billion, making millionaires of 70 of her team…
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Here is an excerpt from a conversation with Peter Diamandis, the Chairman and CEO of the X Prize Foundation, conducted and sponsored by Big Think. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, please click here. * * *…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joan C. Williams for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. I wholly agree with her: “If organizations are truly interested in retaining and advancing women, they will approach the…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Phyllis Korkki for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo Credit: Michael Waraksa * * * Try to…
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Liz Wiseman is a researcher, executive advisor, and speaker who teaches leaders around the world. She is the author of three best-selling books: Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work, Multipliers: How the Best Leaders…
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Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience Michael S. Gazzaniga Ecco/An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2015) “His wit and joie de vivre showed generations of students and colleagues the human face of science.” Steven Pinker Most…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a conversation involving Stanford’s Chip Heath and McKinsey’s Olivier Sibony, featured in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They discuss new research, fresh frameworks, and practical tools for decision makers. To read…
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I continue to be amazed by the number of business executives who do not know what their core business is. ServiceMASTER has several divisions/brands: Terminix, American Home Shield, ServiceMASTER Restore, ServiceMASTER Clean, Merry Maids, Furniture Medic, and AmeriSpec. Years ago,…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Zafer Achi and Jennifer Garvey Berger for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They suggest that, in an unpredictable world, executives should stretch beyond managing the probable. To…
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Why Group Brainstorming Is a Waste of Time
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic 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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