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The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay & Meaning to Everyone’s Work Zeynep Ton Harvard Business Review Press (June 2023) “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” Mark Twain It is no coincidence that companies…
Read MoreThe Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth Tiffani Bova Portfolio/Penguin (June 2023) “In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s there are few.” Shunryū Suzuki Years ago when Southwest Airlines was more profitable and…
Read MoreHere is an excerpt from an article written by Constance Noonan Hadley 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, please click here. Credit: Mint Images/Getty Images * *…
Read MoreStrategy in the Digital Age: Mastering Digital Transformation Michael Lenox Stanford Business Books/Stanford University Press (June 2023) How to respond effectively to “The Strategist’s Challenge” I agree with Michael Lenox: “digital technology is changing the underlying basis of competition for…
Read MoreHere is an excerpt from an article by Elizabeth J. Altman, David Kiron, Robin Jones, Susan Cantrel, and Steven Hatfield for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click…
Read MoreBright Moves: How U.S. Utility Innovation Is Driving the Cleantech Transition Thomas J. Flaherty Greenleaf Book Group Press (April 2023) Lessons to Be Learned from the Past, Present, and Future of the U.S. Utilities Industry Why did Thomas Flaherty write…
Read MoreHere is an excerpt from an article by Zeynep Ton for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Alex Nabaum/theispot.com * * * Companies that reduce…
Read MoreDesigning Transformative Experiences: The New View of Leadership Using the ELVIS Methodology Brad McLain Berrett-Koehler Publishers (May 2023) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford In this volume, Brad McLain offers what is…
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Ernest Shackleton: A mini-profile of extraordinary courage
In 1901, Shackleton was chosen to go on the Antarctic expedition led by British naval officer Robert Falcon Scott on the ship Discover. With Scott and one other, Shackleton trekked toward the South Pole in extremely difficult conditions, getting closer…
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