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These are among my favorites from Steven Wright’s observations: 1. You can’t have everything. Where would you put it? 2. I was once walking through the forest alone, and a tree fell right in front of me—and I didn’t hear…
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The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do Roger Connors and Tom Smith Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) Most limits are self-imposed: How to unleash the power of personal accountability to overcome the obstacles to your…
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Research conducted by Clifford Nass and his associates at Stanford University was based on two assumptions: o That multitaskers are superhumans, capable peak performance, while completing several tasks simultaneously o That multitaskers have a highly developed ability to switch attention…
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In 2010, eBay embarked on a journey to bring more women into its top ranks. It found that commitment, measurement, and culture outweigh a business case and HR policies. Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Michelle…
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George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger Sentinel/The Penguin Group (2013) How the bravery, cunning, near misses, and initiatives of the Culper Ring “helped save our nation and shape its…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Frank Cespedes 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 origin of the metaphor of “thinking outside of the box” is probably associated with the “nine dots” puzzle, introduced in the 1970s. The goal of the puzzle is to link all nine dots using four straight lines or fewer,…
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Liars & Outliers: Enabling the Trust That Society Needs to Thrive Bruce Schneier John Wiley & Sons (2012) How social coercion can help to enable compliance and trust within a group, whatever its size may be As Bruce Schneier explains,…
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Here is an abbreviated version of an extended interview of Henry Kissinger by Charlie Rose. To check out the article in BloombergBusinessweek, please clickhere. To watch Rose’s several interviews of Kissinger and other world leaders, please click here. Photograph Credit:…
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Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door
There are so many metaphors that can be invoked when describing the unique experience of reading a good book. Magic carpet is my preference and others’ metaphors include a window, a mirror, an opening or awakening, discovering a magic garden,…
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