Book Review
Eavesdropping
Kendra Brown is a psychologist in Florida who meets regularly with accomplished women—whom she calls “The Pages”—who share their wisdom about aging. “In my private practice, I’ve been amazed to see so many women who are very...
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Directional Sense
Getting lost can be frightening, confusing, and upsetting. Most of us have experienced it, and some avoid new and unfamiliar places as a result. If we take our time, however, plan our routes, use available tools, and learn or relearn a...
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The Conversation Company
Steven Van Belleghem, a successful entrepreneur, business professor, and managing partner of the firm InSites Consulting, wants companies to pay close attention to communication—not traditional, one-way, top-down, paid and owned...
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Savvy
As director at the business consultancy firm of Nicholson McBride, Jane Clarke has participated in and witnessed good and bad politics in corporations. With clients including the London Business School, Freshfields, and Morgan Stanley,...
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Teachers Matter
Marcus Winters’s proposal to revise how teachers are hired, rewarded, and retained will infuse the debate about educational reform with energy, if not consensus, making his book worth reading for those who care about America’s public...
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Paid Owned Earned
“The socially connected marketing landscape is based around behaviors and people. Marketers need to understand the new ways in which the public are communicating, connecting, consuming, and sharing”, explains Nick Burcher....
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Lipstick and the Leash
For over twenty years, trainer Camilla Gray-Nelson has been responding to calls from frustrated dog owners who could not control their pets. “It was usually women who sought my help because they were overwhelmed by the family dog,”...
Book Review
Fundamentally Different
In the news today are far too many failures of ethics and behavior that most of us take for granted in business, education, and government. Around the world, the information age reverberates with sickening examples of Ponzi schemes,...