Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Paul's Update 11/27

5 Simple Steps to Be a Super-Confident Leader
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Finally, A Company That's Really, Truly Both Innovative And Disruptive
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Mentally Strong People: The 13 Things They Avoid
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The Signs of a Leaders' Empathy Deficit Disorder  (Article mentions book Focus, I have the book and have read it. I wasn't wow'ed by it. If you'd like to borrow it just let me know.  Paul)
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Why I am Not Canceling Class Tomorrow    (Thanks to Scott Westerman for pointing out this excellent open letter)
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16 People On Things They Couldn’t Believe About America Until They Moved Here
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Twenty Tips for Interpreting Scientific Claims
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11 Characteristics of Meaningful Work
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Paul's Update 11/26

What Inexperienced Leaders Get Wrong (Hint: Management)  Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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Who Wants to Work for a Woman?
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3 Girls Smash Gender Roles to Smithereens in Toy Company's Glorious Debut Ad  (Video Ad is 2:06) (There has been controversy whether it perpetuates gender roles despite being a traditional male industry.  Paul)
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When Disaster Strikes: Putting Together A Basic Emergency Toolkit
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You're Not Alone: Most People Hate Open Offices
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Hierarchy is Overrated
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Where Your Customers Will Be in 2014
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Are Your Employees Connected to a Common Good?
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Innovation: It's Not The Idea, It's What You Do With It
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Monday, November 25, 2013

Paul's Update 11/25

Get the Strategy You Need — Now
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5 Ways Leaders Win People Over
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Imminent Peak Oil Could Burst US, Global Economic Bubble - Study
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Disrupting Yourself, Whitney Johnson   (video  4:36)
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Google Reveals It's Nine Principles of Innovation
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Handle with Care: A Conversation with Maya Angelou
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Changing Behavior: How Deep Do You Want to Go?
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Scientifically-Backed Reasons Why Being Creative Can Make You Happier
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Paul's Update 11/21

This Thursday post is early because I am having surgery Thursday morning. Paul

Gross Domestic Freebie   James Surowiecki
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Tactical Serendipity
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Research: Cubicles Are The Absolute Worst
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AUDIO: Be The Change That You Want To See In The University
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Can Visually Creative Storytellers Change The Way We Think?
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Essential Qualities of Highly Promotable Employees
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McClelland’s Human Motivation Theory
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Use Technology to Shape Your Company’s Future
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World-Famous Swedish Ice Hotel Forced to Install Fire Alarms Despite Sub-Freezing Temperatures
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Paul's Update 11/20

Remember:  PIE-Up Monday 11/25, 8am, GT Pie, Hagadorn and Grand River

Disruptive Innovation: Explained in Under 2 Minutes
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Why Workplace Leadership Is About To Get Its First Major Makeover In 100 Years
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Don't Leave College Without These 10 Digital Skills
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If You’re Going to Change Your Culture, Do It Quickly
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Three Ways Your Mission Can Become Your Best Employee Engagement Tool
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Employees Make It Clear: Here’s What They Need to Really be Engaged
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Finding Strength in Humility
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Serendipity: Accidental Discovery Dramatically Improves Electrical Conductivity
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Paul's Update 11/19

The Glass Floor: Education, Downward Mobility, and Opportunity Hoarding  (PDF)
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Innovation: An Outside-In Approach
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The Surprising Reason To Set Extremely Short Deadlines
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Women See Slow Progress In Leadership
Link Here

5 Maps That Could Help Solve Some of the World’s Most Daunting Problems
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Relearning The Lost Skill of Patience
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The Four Lenses of Innovation – A Great Concept!
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Universities Must Not Repeat Music’s Costly Online Errors
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Don't Forget PIE-Up Monday 11/25, 8am, GT Pie, Hagadorn and Grand River

Monday, November 18, 2013

Paul's Update 11/18

Udacity's Sebastian Thrun, Godfather of Free Education, Changes Course
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Creative Wisdom from Middl-School Metal Gods
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Michigan Future, Inc Says Knowledge Economy is Path to Prosperity in New Report
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16 Articles on Defining Brand Strategy and Business Branding Topics
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Umair Haque's FaceBook Page
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Google wins book-scanning case: judge finds “fair use,” cites many benefits
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Leadership: Why Everything You Know About It is Wrong
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The Mindful Business
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Friday, November 15, 2013

Paul's Update 11/15

5 Ways New Employees Reveal They're Exceptional

Teach Kids to Daydream

New Council To Develop Standards, Best Practices for Online Learning

Feeling Insecure? Because Your Passwords Are

The Brand Pyramid: Building Customer Loyalty

The Future Of Branding Is Creating Real Connections Between Consumers And Products

How to Make Team Meetings Less Painful Than a Root Canal

Communication: An Integral Part of Change Management

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Paul's Update 11/14

Pepperidge Farm’s Irene Chang Britt: ‘Take the Crappy Assignments

Insight the Core Element of Serendipity

Innovation the Business Buzz Word of the Decade

Why Cities Are Our Most Important Innovation Platform

8 Different Ways to Get Great Ideas

Crowdfunding Science: Could It Work?

Getting unstuck: Why some people get out of poverty and others don't

Detroiters Work: The Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper Regeneration of a Great American City

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Paul's Update 11/13

Nancy Duarte's Resonate, Multimedia Version
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A Conversation With Prof. Noam Chomsky
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Is It Too Late To Prepare for Climate Change?
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Maybe We're Making It Too Easy For The Machines To Take Over
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Six Drucker Questions that Simplify a Complex Age
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The 7 Psychological Functions of the Art of Placemaking
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Interview: Greg Lindsay on Engineering Serendipity and Harnessing Chaos
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20-Year-Old Hunter S. Thompson’s Superb Advice on How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Meaningful Life
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Paul's Update 11/12

How To Turn Around Nearly Anything     Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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Where Does Leadership Live?
Link Here

The State of Workplace Productivity Report
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The Work of ColLABORation
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To Make Your Lists More Productive, Make Them Way Weirder
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Control is For Beginners      Deborah Mills-Scofield
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Engaging Employees With Recognition
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Detroit is Making Digital Justice a Reality
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Paul's Update 11/7

How General Motors Was Really Saved: The Untold True Story Of The Most Important Bankruptcy In U.S. History
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How To Prepare: Checklist for Great Talks   (PDF)
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The Workplace Holy Grail: Successful Collaboration
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Value of a Free Degree - shared by Mark Sullivan
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JM Coetzee: Universities head for extinction
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Authenticity is the Key to Successfully Leading Change
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The Single Greatest Reason The World’s Workforce Is Disengaged
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Using Emergence to Take Social Innovations to Scale   Margaret Wheatley
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Paul's Update 11/6

Meet Shiza Shahid, the Woman Powering the Malala Fund
Link Here

Accreditation: Ally or Obstacle as Higher Education restless With Change?
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The State Department Partners With Coursera to Support Free Education in Over 30 Countries
Link Here

The Five Guiding Principles of Transforming Company Culture
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The Dangers of Denial
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MIT Wristband Could Make AC Obsolete
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Your Company Vision: If It's Complicated, It Shouldn't Be
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15 Famous Business Books Summarized In One Sentence Each
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Paul's Update 11/5 and Free eBook

Here Are The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Millennials, Gen X, And Boomers
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8 Lessons From Fortune’s Most Powerful Women
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Has Architecture Lost Touch With the People?
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Eastern Market is a Prime Example of Urban Placemaking According to MIT
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Using Chaos Theory to Predict and Prevent Catastrophic ‘Dragon King’ Events
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Five Neuroscience Concepts You Need to Understand
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McKinsey Quarterly Interview:   The Art of Strategy   Link Here
Mastering the Building Blocks of Strategy    Link Here

A New Workplace Manifesto: In Praise of Freedom, Time, Space and Working Remotely
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Monday, November 4, 2013

Paul's Update 11/4

The Science of Storytelling
How Narrative Cuts Through Distraction Like Nothing Else   Link Here   (Repeated from 10/24)
Infecting an Audience: Why Great Stories Spread    Link Here
Story 2.0: The Surprising Thing About the Next Wave of Narrative   Link Here

How to Sell Ideas Like Gladwell
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The New Futurism  James Surowiecki
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Science Has Lost Its Way, at a Big Cost to Humanity
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This Isn't Capitalism -- It's Growthism, and It's Bad for Us    Umair Haque
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Product Design: Do It With Dematerialization
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Exceed Customer Expectations—and Get Home for Family Dinner
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To Survive in a Volatile World Businesses Must Build in Resilience
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