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Adam 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 Victoria Ransom, chief executive of…
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The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen Random House (2010) Note: In an article written for the Wall Street Journal (January 26, 2013), Bill Gates explains why he thinks this book…
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Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Maria Konnikova Viking/The Penguin Group (2013) How the Science of Deduction and Analysis can make sense of “a pink elephant world” Frankly, I have never read another book quite like the one Maria…
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o “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt o “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get…
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Here is a brief excerpt from the transcript of an interview of Don Tapscott with McKinsey’s Rik Kirkland in September 2012. Tapscott is an an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto as well as an author and strategist who,…
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Mel Brooks has made a name for himself with comedy classics like Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and The Producers. He has been entertaining audiences for more than five decades. A master writer, actor, comedian and producer, he came from humble…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Frank Luntz, part of the FRONTLINE series. Since 1983, it has served as American public television’s flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its debut on PBS as “the last best hope…
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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World Iain McGilchrist Yale University Press (2009) “How do we understand the world, if there are different versions of it to reconcile?” Note: The terms “master” and “emissary” as well as their correlations…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Walter Chen and featured in an issue of BusinessInsider. To read the complete article, please click here. Photo: Suzie Katz via Flickr * * * “What are your top five…
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Daniel Goleman on “How to Find Your Flow”
Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Daniel Goleman and featured by LinkedIn. * * * Where we want to be on the Yerkes-Dodson arc is the zone of optimal performance, known as “flow” in the research…
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