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Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success On the Far Side of Failure Paul J.F. Schoemaker Wharton Digital Press (2012) How and why mistakes “enlarge our range of experience, shrink our ego, and thereby increase the chance of discovery.” The title of this…
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All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton Free Press (2012) How and why “it’s culture that will differentiate your organization and drive real business results”…for better or worse Those who have read any of…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Scott Witthoft and Scott Doorley for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * *…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by James Allworth for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click…
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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 Charlotte Beers, former chairwoman and C.E.O. of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, now…
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2011) Why I think this is one of the most important books published during the past decade Given the number and quality of the reviews of this book that have…
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In Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure, Paul J. H. Schoemaker observes, “Our schools and organizations are designed for efficiency and order. These are fine principles but rarely encourage mistakes, either brilliant or foolish. Students are…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Steve Tobak for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please…
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Creative Thinkerin: Putting Your Imagination to Work Michael Michalko New World Library (2011) How and why conceptual blending of dissimilar subjects, ideas, and concepts is the most important factor in creative thinking Those who have read any of Michael Michalko’s previously…
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On the 44th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s assassination
Thanks to The American Scholar magazine’s website, you can now experience at full-strength “King, Kennedy, and the Power of Words.” Three videos accompany Tim Wendel’s brilliant article. First, Walter Cronkite‘s televised announcement of Dr. King’s assassination. Also on the night of…
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