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The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business Duff McDonald Simon & Schuster (2013) A remarkably circumspect examination of “the best finishing school in business” After briefly but sufficiently reviewing the historical background to the…
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Here is an excerpt from an interview of Malcolm Gladwell by Gaby Wood for The Telegraph. To read the complete interview and check out others, please click here. * * * Conventional wisdom says Malcolm Gladwell is a zany brainbox…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Peter Gruber for LinkedIn. In it, he explains why what he learned about Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) continues to help him select the best-qualified candidates to be and do what he…
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High Octane Women: How Superachievers Can Avoid Burnout Sherrie Bourg Carter Prometheus Books (2011) Why burnout is not an individual problem, it’s an organizational and cultural problem…and what to do about it I agree with Sherrie Bourg Carter that there…
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Here is an excerpt from an article by Denise Grady for The New York Times in which she discusses an exhibition, “Extraordinary Women in Science and Medicine,’ that offers up little-known details about female pioneers in science, nine of whom…
Read MoreHere is a recent Josh Linkner latest blog post in which he suggests that each of us possesses a “superpower” of one kind or another. First, recognize it. Next, understand and appreciate it. Then make more effective use of it,…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Michael Chui, Martin Dewhurst, and Lindsay Pollak for the McKinsey Quarterly in which they explain how, by following a few simple principles, leaders can realize the vast potential of social technologies…
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Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives — How Your Friends’ Friends’ Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company (2011) How…
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For all the Christmas shoppers out there….
There is an especially delightful scene in the film Love Actually (2003) . Harry (Alan Rickman) is the managing director of a design agency; Mia (Heike Makatsch) is his new secretary. For Christmas, he goes shopping with wife Karen (Emma Thompson)…
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