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Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner William Morrow/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2014) How and why mastering the economic approach will produce better answers to questions…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a classic article written by Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. In it, he proposes four guidelines to help strategic planners make the crucial leap from plans…
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Since the ancient bazaars in Athens and Rome, marketing has created or increased demand for what is offered, whatever that may be. In recent years, many of the transactions have been conducted electronically, online. Almost 40% of the world is…
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Body of Work: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together Pamela Slim Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2013) Why we must strive to “direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our…
Read MoreHere is a recent announcement from the TED Organization that will be of special interest to those such as I who remain profoundly concerned about the quality of education (at all levels) in the United States. * * * The…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by James Manyika, Jacques Bughin, Susan Lund, Olivia Nottebohm, David Poulter, Sebastian Jauch, and Sree Ramaswamy for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Mohanbir Sawhney, Robert C. Wolcott, and Inigo Arroniz for MIT SLoan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * *…
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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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Introducing Brandon Stanton and His World
Humans of New York is among the best books I have read in recent years. It features Brandon Stanton’s photos and comments by/about people in the five boroughs of NYC. First, a sample; then a link to his website. “My…
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