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NASA Electromagnetic Spectrum 04-07
The Electromagnetic SpectrumAs it was explained in the Introductory Article on the Electromagnetic Spectrum, electromagnetic radiation can be described as a stream of photons, each traveling in a...
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Change leader, change thyself 04-07
Change leader, change thyselfLeo Tolstoy, the Russian novelist, famously wrote, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”Tolstoy’s dictum is a useful starting...
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Four Reasons to Quit Your Job 04-09
Four Reasons to Quit Your JobBy Jack and Suzy WelchWhat criteria can you use to determine if you have been with the same company too long?A friend of ours, an investment manager at a highly regarded...
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Riding In Cars With VCs 04-10
Riding In Cars With VCsUber’s promo factory has delivered kittens, Christmas trees and ice cream. But its latest PR concoction has taken the Valley darling to a whole new level: Uber for VC...
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Facebook’s Future 04-11
Facebook’s FutureToday, we follow Facebook and update friends on our doings. In the not too distant future, predicts Mikolaj Piskorski, Facebook will follow us and call half the planet...
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Are You a Holistic or a Specific Thinker? 04-12
Are You a Holistic or a Specific Thinker? It was Friday afternoon in Paris and I had spent the morning teaching a group of Chinese CEOs how to work effectively with Europeans. I asked the class: “What...
View ArticleResearchers: Should You Be a Specialist? 04-12
Researchers: Should You Be a Specialist?Stanford scholars explore how the path you take affects your career prospects.It’s one of the first questions John-Paul Ferguson hears from the first year...
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Why Consumer Tech Is So Irritatingly Incremental 04-12
Why Consumer Tech Is So Irritatingly IncrementalIn the late 1960s, Michelin introduced the radial tire into the U.S. market. This was no surprise to the top five U.S.-based bias-ply tire manufacturers...
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Leonardo da Vinci myths, explained 04-15
Leonardo da Vinci myths, explainedBy Kandice RawlingsLeonardo da Vinci was born 562 years ago today, and we’re still fascinated with his life and work. It’s no real mystery why – he was an...
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Are you ready for the resource revolution? 04-15
Are you ready for the resource revolution?Meeting increasing global demand requires dramatically improving resource productivity. Yet technological advances mean companies have an extraordinary...
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एक अनोखा नजरिया 04-16
Shyam's reply.एक अनोखा नजरिया...... ,ना तख़्त रहे हैं ना रहें हैं ताज,न रहीं विक्टोरिया,ना ही मुमताज़।जिस के साम्राज्य में सूरज कभी न ढलता थाप्रकाश की भीख,वे ही मांग रहे हैं, मानो चन्द्रमा से आज।...
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Odd Tilts Could Make More Worlds Habitable 04-17
Odd Tilts Could Make More Worlds HabitablePivoting planets that lean one way and then change orientation within a short geological time period might be surprisingly habitable, according to new modeling...
View ArticleMANAGEMMENT IS NOT LEADERSHIP 04-17
MANAGEMMENT IS NOT LEADERSHIPListen to how most people talk in everyday conversation, and you'll find that they often use the words "management" and "leadership" interchangeably. If they do make a...
View ArticleDifficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides 04-17
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global DividesA symposium at Harvard Business School delved into "intersectionality"—the seemingly obvious yet complex idea that gender...
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Congratulations to Vijay Seshadri for winning the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in...
Congratulations to Vijay Seshadri for winning the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Read his poem “Interview,” Vijay SeshadriInterviewThat was a pretty roundabout answer to whatI would have to saywas one...
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What MBAs Expect To Learn In Business School 04-19
What MBAs Expect To Learn In Business SchoolWhat do prospective students who want to go to business school expect to learn in a graduate management program?It's a good question, partly because so much...
View Article8 Characteristics That Distinguish Companies Who Thrive on Change 04-19
8 Characteristics That Distinguish Companies Who Thrive on ChangeChange is opportunity to more people than it threatens. Yet, for many companies, change is akin to falling off a cliff.Change can come...
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Gillette’s New Razor Is Everything That’s Wrong With American Innovation 04-19
Gillette’s New Razor Is Everything That’s Wrong With American InnovationCome on. That's all you got?The Wall Street Journal obtained the marketing materials for Gillette's new razor, the ProGlide...
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The Big Reason to Hire Superstar Employees Isn’t the Work They Do 04-19
The Big Reason to Hire Superstar Employees Isn’t the Work They DoMost companies will tell you they want to hire and retain “A players”, and why not? It’s hard to object to building a company around the...
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Blue Ocean Leadership 04-19
Blue Ocean Leadership Artwork: Mark Dorf, //_path/untitled 13, 2013, archival pigment printIt’s a sad truth about the workplace: Just 30% of employees are actively committed to doing a good job....
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