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The key to success? Grit

June 13, 2015

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled.…

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New Research Says Robots Are Unlikely to Eat Our Jobs

June 9, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Steve Lohr that appeared in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo by Jonah M. Kessel/The New York…

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The simple rules of disciplined innovation

June 4, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Donald Sull for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. He explains how and why constraints aren’t the enemy of creativity—they make it more effective. To read the complete…

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Thinkers50 Management: A book review by Morris

May 31, 2015

Thinkers50 Management: Cutting-Edge Thinking to Engage and Motivate Your Employees for Success Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove McGraw-Hill Education (2014) Which concepts are the central focus of today’s cutting age thinking about management? This is one of the volumes in…

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The case for behavioral strategy

May 13, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription…

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Grow fast or die slow: Pivoting beyond the core

May 12, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Rishi Kant, Eric Kutcher, Mitra Mahdavian, and Kara Sprague for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about…

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Are you ready to decide?

May 11, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Philip Meissner, Olivier Sibony, and Torsten Wulf for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

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The four global forces breaking all the trends

May 2, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jonathan Woetzel for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. It is an excerpt from their book, No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces…

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The eight essentials of innovation

April 30, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Marc de Jong, Nathan Marston, and Erik Roth for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why strategic and organizational factors are what separate successful…

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Ascending to the C-suite

April 16, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article featured by the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. It shares the results of a new McKinsey Global Survey, one that indicates that executives who move effectively into the C-suite are…

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