Adapt: The Benefits of Safe Mistakes
Aug. 3, 2011 - By: Tim Harford
“We cling on to the idea that successful business people are talented leaders running objectively brilliant corporations. But the world is far too complex and changes far too rapidly for us to have any confidence that this fondly held idea is true."

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A General’s Guide to Deploying an Army of Entrepreneurs
Aug. 3, 2011 - By: Jennifer Prosek
"While I may have started out building a chain–mindful that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link—I came to see that interweaving the threads of a rope came much closer to meeting my goal of a cohesive, interactive team."

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Lessons from S&P Recession Survivors
Aug. 3, 2011 - By: Larry Mallak
“Investors have heard many decry the decade of the 2000s as the ‘lost decade.’ A dollar invested in the S&P 500 on the first trading day of 1999 saw it worth just 65 cents a decade later. This “underperformance” is seen by many as a failure of the U.S. economic engine. If we look at the Top 20 performers of the S&P 500 during that same time period, we see a vastly different story.”

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The End of the Roundabout Way: Why Quality of Life Will Finally Take Center Stage
Aug. 3, 2011 - By: Julia Valentine
“The next quantum leap will occur when a critical mass of people realizes that one of the major purposes of life is JOY. Until then, most people will accept an ersatz, an imitation, or a roundabout way of creating joy.”

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Right Fights: Making Conflict Productive
Aug. 3, 2011 - By: Saj-nicole Joni
"Your job as a leader isn’t to eliminate dissonance–your job is to make conflict productive. Right Fights enable you and your team to stop fighting about everything that doesn’t matter and start fighting, in a high-minded manner, about what really matters."

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What If They Listened to Entrepreneurs?
July 6, 2011 - By: Henry R. Nothhaft
“Before any significant and sustained increase in the creation of good middle-class jobs can take place, the voice of the entrepreneur who is the source of all breakthrough innovation and job growth must be heard.”

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TouchPoints: Why the Interruptions That Drive Us Crazy Just Might Be the Most Productive Opportunities We Have Every Day
July 6, 2011 - By: Douglas Conant & Mette Norgaard
“Some days it feels like the information age has morphed into the interruption age. But what if those interruptions turned out to be our best opportunity to make a difference in our workplaces?”

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Brains, Bones, and Nerves: The Only Three Things an Enterprise Leader Should Focus On
July 6, 2011 - By: Rajeev Peshawaria
“Just as the human body needs all three systems—the brain, bones, and nerves—functioning in perfect harmony to maximize longevity and performance, a business needs its strategy, architecture, and culture to work in harmony in order to maximize results.”

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It’s All About Them: Marketing to the Digitally Empowered Buyer
July 6, 2011 - By: Rebel Brown
“Thanks to the digital age, today’s buyers can research, select and purchase their products without getting you involved in the decision. You won’t even know they were buying. Everything shifted. Your choices: shift, too—or get left in the past.”

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Your CQ: Why It Might Be the Most Important Number You Don’t Know!
July 6, 2011 - By: David Livermore
"How do we move beyond mantras about cultural sensitivity and global awareness to successfully adapting to various cultures while simultaneously remaining true to ourselves? Both sides of the equation are essential—being true to ourselves and adapting to different cultures.”

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