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The Essential CIO: Insights from IBM’s Global Chief Information Officer Study (2011)

November 30, 2012

How are technology leaders helping their organizations adapt to the accelerating change and complexity that mark today’s competitive and economic landscape? To find out, IBM interviewed 3,018 CIOs, spanning 71 countries and 18 industries. Public and private sector CIOs described…

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Tom Kelley and David Kelley on “Fighting the Fears that Block Creativity”

November 29, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tom Kelley and David Kelley for the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email…

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Harder Than I Thought: A book review by Bob Morris

November 29, 2012

Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why “the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present” in…

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Does Management Really Work?

November 29, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen and featured by Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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Resilience Quotations: Part 2

November 28, 2012

“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” J. B. Priestley “No one who is being himself is going…

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Innovation lessons from Pixar: A conversation with Oscar-winning director Brad Bird

November 28, 2012

What does stimulating the creativity of animators have in common with developing new product ideas or technology breakthroughs? A lot. Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Hayagreeva Rao, Robert Sutton, and Allen P. Webb during which…

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Mollie Lombardi on “Expanding the Use of Assessments”

November 28, 2012

Best-in-class organizations are using assessments not only to understand the skills and traits employees have today, but also their capacity to grow. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mollie Lombardi for Talent Management magazine. To check out…

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Seth Kahan on getting change and innovation right

November 27, 2012

In Getting Change Right: How Leaders Transform Organizations from the Inside Out, Seth Kahan draws upon a wealth of real-world experience from which he learned a number of valuable lessons. He cites seven in the Introduction, then devotes a separate…

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Josh Linkner asks, “What’s your training schedule?”

November 27, 2012

Here is Josh Linkner‘s most recent blog post and one of his very best. During this holiday season as another New Year approaches, all of us need to consider very seriously the meaning and significance of what he shares in…

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How Children Succeed: A conversation with author Paul Tough

November 27, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Emily Huizenga during which she discusses Paul Tough’s visit to Snell Library at Northeastern University November 8th to discuss his latest book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power…

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