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that I understood that there was a voice. It is not that I copied his voice; I would not dare. But he gave me permission to find a voice, to locate a voice, that is to locate a self, a self that that is not fixed, a self that struggles
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via The Management Myth: All of business is about values, all of the time. Notwithstanding the ostentatious use of stopwatches, [Frederick] Taylor’s pig iron case was not a description of some aspect of physical reality—how many tons can a worker lift? It was a prescription—how many tons
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Noted some time ago: When Emmelyn was an infant, doctors warned she might have serious delays and cautioned that she might have autism. It turns out she just needed glasses. [via TODAY.com] In business consulting as in medicine, we see what we are trained to see, we look for
International and Cross-cultural
Henry Mintzberg and Karl Moore suggest that “managers should be urged to become more worldly, not more global.” I think it's a relevant suggestion for all. The Oxford Dictionary defines worldly as “experienced in life, sophisticated, practical.” The worldly person seeks out diversity as a way to enhance
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I recently tweeted a comment of his in an interview with La Vanguardia. Now I find this wonderful short. "Teaching as performing art" a dear colleague of mine once said. Quite applicable here. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF-m3XZKvLI]
Business Communication
First impressions fade. Last impressions last.
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Study suggests that if your language's syntax blurs the difference between today and tomorrow as do, say, Chinese and German then you are more likely to save money, quit smoking, exercise and otherwise prepare for times to come. On the other hand, if you have three dollars in
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You can’t learn to write in college. It’s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do—and they don’t. They have prejudices. They may like Henry James, but what if you don’t want to write like Henry
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We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection. 300+ comments on this NYTimes.com opinion by Sherry Turkle, MIT professor and author of Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other.
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He's a 52-year-old refugee who emigrated from a war-torn former Yugoslavia to work as a janitor at one of America's premiere universities. It took Gac Filipaj seven years to learn English and gain acceptance into Columbia University, where he received free tuition because
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The United States and Canada maintain the world’s largest bilateral trading relationship, one that has been strengthened over the past two decades by the approval of two major free trade agreements. Although commercial disputes may not be quite as prominent now as they have been in the past, the
Business Basics