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Nate Silver Is a One-Man Traffic Machine for the Times

November 13, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Marc Tracy and published by The New Republic magazine. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * “FiveThirtyEight is drawing huge traffic,” New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson…

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Brilliance by Design: A book review by Bob Morris

November 12, 2012

Brilliance by Design: Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage Vicki Halsey Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2011) “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read; rather, they will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”…

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How to Promote Potential With Success Mapping

November 12, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mara Swan for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please…

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Jeff Weiner (LinkedIn) in “The Corner Office”

November 11, 2012

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 Jeff Weiner, chief executive of…

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Lest we forget this Veteran’s Day….

November 10, 2012

During its first 100 years of existence, more than 683,000 Americans lost their lives, with the Civil War accounting for 623,026 of that total (91.2%). Comparatively, in the next 100 years, another estimated 625,000 Americans died through two World Wars…

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The Pumpkin Plan: A book review by Bob Morris

November 10, 2012

The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field Mike Michalowicz Portfolio/Penguin Group (2012) How to “build a business that blows the competition away…and finally gives you the life of your dreams” Mike Michalowicz makes…

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Russell L. Ackoff on “cleaning up messes”

November 10, 2012

In Redesigning the Future: Systems Approach to Societal Problems published by John S. Wiley & Sons (1974), Russell L. Ackoff provides a number of valuable insights when discussing the challenges that leaders face, notably coping with complexities and frustrations created…

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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations: A book review by Bob Morris

November 10, 2012

HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations Nancy Duarte Harvard Business Review Press (2012) “Golden Rule: Never deliver a presentation you wouldn’t want to sit through.” Motto at Duarte, Inc. This is one of the first volumes in a new series of…

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