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Critical Thinking Is About Asking Better Questions

May 28, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Coleman 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:  Juan Moyano/Getty Images * * *…

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Into the Fray

May 26, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Abbie Lundberg for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * With all of the escalating challenges confronting…

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What You’re Getting Wrong About Burnout

May 26, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Liz Fosslien for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The burnout crisis is here, but…

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Picasso Becoming Picasso

May 25, 2023

What follows is a brief excerpt from a superb article by  Roberta Smith, featured in The New York Times (May 11, 2023). * * * A small, exquisite exhibition at the Guggenheim shows how the City of Light transformed the…

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IBM — Shades of Yogi Berra!

May 24, 2023

Yoga Berra is arguably the greatest catcher in the history of Major League Baseball, although Johnny Bench and Ivan (“Pudge”) Rodriguez certainly have their advocates. Berra is more widely known for his unique way of expressing his thoughts. He insists…

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How Innovation Works: A review by Bob Morris

May 23, 2023

How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom Matt Ridley Harper (May 2020) “Innovation offers the carrot of spectacular reward or the stick of destitution.”  Joseph Schumpeter The material in some books is even more relevant — and more…

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Managing the Cultural Pitfalls of Hybrid Work

May 22, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Christine Moorman and Katie Hinkfuss for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here.  * * * The authors offer…

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How to Build a Strengths-Based Culture

May 21, 2023

In Chapter 26 of their latest book, Culture Shock, Jim Clifton and Jim Harter observe, “Very few organizations in the world can say their culture is strengths-based. This is a missed opportunity. Organizations with strengths-based cultures greatly outperform their competition…

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Moving Beyond Islands of Experimentation to AI Everywhere

May 19, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article by Amit Joshi, Ivy Buche, and Miguel Paredes Sadler for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustratbion Credit:  Leo…

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“In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s there are few.”  Shunryū Suzuki

May 18, 2023

How to create employees and customers who are what Jackie Huba and Ben McConnell characterize as “evangelists”? In The Experience Mindset, Tiffani Bova provides a thorough explanation. She prepares leaders in almost any organization — whatever its size and nature…

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