The Economist

Yves Morieux: “As work gets more complex, here are 6 rules to simplify.”

May 14, 2014

Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you may already know, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…

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Tim Ferriss: On The Creative Process and Getting Your Work Noticed

November 13, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Tim Ferriss by Ariston Anderson for the website of 99U: Insights on making ideas happen by Bēhance. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, and learn more about 99U,…

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Michael Lewis on how and why he writes what he writes

September 11, 2013

Here is an excerpt from another brilliant essay by Maria Popova and featured by her blog for mind/heart/soul-starved explorers, Brain Pickings. Her taste is impeccable and her judgment flawless. Please check out the treasures by clicking here. * * *…

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Scott Berkun on “What To Do When Things Go Wrong”

August 29, 2013

In Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management (O’Reilly Media 2008), Scott Berkun provides an abundance of information, insights, and counsel on how to master project management, whatever the nature and extent of a project may be. Inevitably, problems develop once a…

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Andy Molinsky: An interview by Bob Morris

August 6, 2013

Andy Molinsky is an associate professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. He is also the author of Global Dexterity: How to Adapt Behavior Across Cultures Without Losing Yourself in the…

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Jonah Berger: An interview by Bob Morris

August 4, 2013

What leads products, ideas, and behaviors to catch on and become popular? Jonah Berger studies how word of mouth and social influence drive social epidemics and trends. He is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School at the…

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HOW CULTURE DROVE HUMAN EVOLUTION

March 21, 2013

Here is another in the CONVERSATIONS AT EDGE series, in this instance a conversation with Joseph Henrich. As he explains, “The main questions I’ve been asking myself over the last couple years are broadly about how culture drove human evolution.…

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Todd L. Pittinsky: An interview by Bob Morris

January 7, 2013

Todd L. Pittinsky is Professor of Technology and Society at SUNY Stony Brook and a senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He was previously Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he served…

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William Gibbs: “The Turd Seller”

January 6, 2013

As revealed in The Best of Business, a book published by The Economist in collaboration with Pegasus Books in 2009, William Gibbs (1790-1875) became an exceptionally wealthy man by selling guano, seabird dung, that is rich in nitrates and phosphates,…

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Lincoln and leadership

December 7, 2012

A recent Schumpeter column published in The Economist, “Lincoln and leadership,” explains how and why outsiders can make the best leaders—and also the worst. To read the complete article, please click here. Illustration: Brett Ryder *     *     * IN MAY 1860…

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