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A cable, a motherboard and a fence
May 8, 2014You may be wondering what this title is all about. What can these three items possibly have in common,...
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Some lessons in “intercultural management”
April 24, 2014As I wrote last week, the topic of intercultural management is one that I always have a lot of...
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Steve Jobs and the “holy wars”
April 10, 2014When I read a recent headline in the Financial Times that proclaimed “Steve Jobs promised a ‘holy war’ on Google” it made...
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The power of narrative in politics, as seen in the Swiss referendum
March 20, 2014In the previous entry, we looked at the recent referendum in Switzerland, where the people voted to require the...
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Group culture in a classroom: doing things differently
February 28, 2014When I first read Phil Jackson’s book Sacred Hoops in 1996, I was struck by his descriptions of the Chicago Bulls...
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Creating a group culture
February 21, 2014This week, I am teaching a two day seminar to MBA students in Grenoble. As I am working far...
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More thoughts on boredom, creativity, and technology
February 14, 2014I finished the previous post wondering whether the “always on” devices that power our worlds, and that make modern...