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Thoughts on the passing of Margaret Thatcher
April 12, 2013This week, I had intended to continue along the line of my previous post, about the debate around working...
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Working from home…the way of the future, or a thing of the past?
April 5, 2013The Wall Street Journal wrote recently that a debate is raging about tech companies and their “work from home”...
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Making our classrooms, and our lives, more personal
March 29, 2013Making our classrooms, and our lives, more personal. My latest question for reflection: Are we not realizing these days...
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Reflecting on the power of mythic stories and legends
March 8, 2013An early iPhone call: This week, I read a story in Fast Company about the first public phone call...
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In response to FT Article :“Genius explained, with help from Mozart”
December 10, 2012In the December 6th edition of the Financial Times, I came upon an article by columnist Lucy Kellaway entitled,...
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Vicente Del Bosque: a study in low-key leadership, humility and authenticity:
July 13, 2012The more I read about Spain’s Vicente Del Bosque, or observe him at his press conferences during the recent...
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The power of stories of identity in the context of sport
July 6, 2012It is surely not my intention to turn this into a blog about football. However, events and commentary around...
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Designing better bosses for a new generation
May 21, 2012For the past few weeks, we have been discussing Google’s Project Oxygen, their plan to define the attributes of...
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Google’s plan to engineer better bosses (continued)
May 9, 2012As we saw previously, in early 2009, Google launched a vast internal study designed to determine and share the...
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Google’s interesting approach to HR research
May 4, 2012In March 2011, I read a New York Times article about management research at Google. Last week, I got...