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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 David Kenny, chief executive of…
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Nir Eyal with Ryan Hoover CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2013) How to manage consumers’ habits to your advantage Since the bazaars in antiquity, marketing’s objective has remained the same: create or increase demand for…
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According to Kevin Blakely, John Kocjan, and Christopher Spoth, it’s clear that the principles embedded in Dodd-Frank are here to stay. While some adjustments may be made around the edges of this monumental law, the core principles targeting systemic risk…
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James M. Kerr is a management consultant and organizational behaviorist. He specializes in strategic planning, corporate transformation and project & program development. For over 20 years, Jim has forged a different type of consulting practice – one that does its…
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Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership Warren Bennis Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2010) Four score and counting, while his insatiable curiosity explores and his sense of wonder delights I have read and reviewed most (if not all) of…
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I was saddened to learn of Warren Bennis‘ death this past Thursday in Los Angeles at age 89. The title of his last of several dozen books, Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership, is especially appropriate because,…
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A new economic landscape is beginning to emerge. Lower barriers to market entry, commercialization and changing workforce dynamics are putting increasing performance pressure on large companies. Individuals are taking advantage of lowered barriers to become creators in their own right.…
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The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business Erin Meyer PublicAffairs/Perseus Book Group (2014) How and why “a dialogue of sharing, learning, and ultimately understanding” can break through barriers to global enterprise As I began to read…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Greg McKeown 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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Wilfull Blindness: Cataracts of Cognition
In her brilliant book, Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril, Margaret Heffernan rigorously and eloquently examines a common problem: denying truths that are “too painful, too frightening to confront.” Many people revert to denial because they…
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