One More Reason to Listen to Your Pharmacist
When it comes to forecasting, can a bunch of average citizens sometimes be more accurate than a trained expert?
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A Test of Tolerance
Watch your politics—whatever they may be—because even in business they may come back to bite you.
Mad Men Meets Neuroscience
“The aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous.”
Changing the General Culture of General Motors
It was another brutal day on Capitol Hill for Mary Barra, the CEO of General Motors.
What Peter Drucker Would Be Reading
Recent selections from around the web that, we think, would have caught Peter Drucker’s eye.
Change Agents
If you want to change an organization, you might begin by changing yourself.
Managing Putin
“What A sees so vividly, B does not see at all.”
Here Is Exactly Why You Wish You Were Self-Employed
A new study suggests that 55% of employed U.S. adults “would jump ship from a traditional job to be self-employed—if they could still pay their bills.”
Archivist’s Pick: On Asking the Right Questions
“My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.”
In Defense of Shiftlessness
If you want to motivate yourself to keep doing something, here’s an idea: Make “do nothing” one of the choices you present yourself with.
What Peter Drucker Would Be Reading
Recent selections from around the web that, we think, would have caught Peter Drucker’s eye.
Tour of Duty
“Lifelong employment and loyalty are simply not part of today’s world…”
A Tale of Two Labor Markets
“We are in the midst of as great a technical transformation as was the first industrial revolution 200 years ago.”
When You Succeed, Try, Try Again
By 2023, our goal is to achieve zero waste, 50% less water use, 50% less energy intensity, and 50% more local renewables.
Does an Office on the iPad Break Windows?
Rumors are circulating that Microsoft will start offering Office on the iPad. But at least so far, it hasn’t. Why not?