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Here are the introduction and a brief excerpt from an interview of Tom Eisenmann for Ports&Quants by Taylor Ellis. To read the complete interview, please click here. To check out a wealth of other valuable resources, please click here. *…
Read MoreOf the dozens of well-deserved tributes to Nelson Mandela that I have seen thus far, of greatest interest to me was one by Juan Williams for The Wall Street Journal in which he recalled, “Fresh from prison, he granted an…
Read MoreHere is a review by Maria Popova for her website, Brain Pickings, in which she discusses Jeremy Dean’s recently published book, Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don’t, and How to Make Any Change Stick. To…
Read MoreManage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind Jocelyn Glei, Editor Amazon Publishing (2013) “Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.” Stephen…
Read MoreHere’s a brief excerpt from an article by Angie Hicks for LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * When I remember the summer of 1995 and how I made myself knock…
Read MoreIn his superb biography, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, Brad Stone explains that Bezos once retained Jim Collins to participate in Amazon.com’s executive retreat (in 2001) to help him and his senior managers clarify their…
Read MoreHere is a brief excerpt from an especially important article by Josh Bersin for Forbes. He discusses one of the most promising new frontiers in contemporary education, generally referred to as the “MOOC market” (Massive Open Online Courses). To read…
Read MoreAdam 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 Dolf van den Brink, president…
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The Brain’s Crowdsourcing Software
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Alison Gopnik for the Wall Street Journal. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Image credit: Magoz * * * Over the…
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