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Welders Make $150,000? Bring Back Shop Class

April 25, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Josh Mandel for the Wall Street Journal. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo: Getty Images * * * In American high…

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Amanda Burden on “How public spaces make cities work”

April 25, 2014

Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you may already know, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…

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The hidden value of organizational health—and how to capture it

April 25, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Aaron De Smet, Bill Schaninger, and Matthew Smith for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They cite new research suggesting that the performance payoff from organizational health is…

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How to develop a “mastering mindset”

April 24, 2014

In Body of Work: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together, Pamela Slim explains how to develop what she characterizes as a “mastery mind-set,” she observes: “When you focus on mastering your chosen craft, many opportunities open up for…

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David Brooks asks, “Should you live for your résumé … or your eulogy?”

April 24, 2014

Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you may already know, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…

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Q&A with Henry Evans and Colm Foster

April 24, 2014

Here is a portion of an interview of Henry Evans and Colm Foster, co-authors of Step Up: Lead in Six Moments that Matter, published by Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (April 2014). It is featured at their Amazon page. What is a…

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The Gene Krantz Dictum: “Failure is not an option”

April 23, 2014

In January of 1967, three astronauts — Virgil I. (“Gus”) Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee — were incinerated on the ground while conducting some pre-launch tests for what was to have been Apollo 1. In Innovation…

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Our Gullible Brains: How our senses influence our thoughts

April 23, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Sarah Yager for The Atlantic. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration: Rami Niemi * * * Can a person be…

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Perry Evans (chief executive of Closely) in “The Corner Office”

April 23, 2014

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 Perry Evans, chief executive of…

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Katty Kay and Claire Shipman on “The Confidence Gap”

April 22, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman for The Atlanic. In it, they review evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence.…

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