Must Reads
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
The 14 Habits of Highly Miserable People
Cloe Madanes, AlterNet, November 14, 2013
This article’s author posits that misery is an art form that can give life distinctive meaning and suggests fourteen strategies on how to become miserable. […read more]
How much is an apology worth?
Kate Davidson, Marketplace, November 12, 2013
Marketplace Radio‘s Kate Davidson interviews Davia Temin on the “Faux-pology” – when an apology really isn’t an apology. […read more]
Is Your Board Suffering from Blindspots?
Estelle Metayer, Competia, March 20, 2013
As industries become increasingly complex and global competition mounts, it is more critical than ever that boards know how to steer their company well. This article seeks to help you understand the nature of blindspots, why boards miss them, and what can be done to avoid them. […read more]
The Biggest Business Blunders in History
Jason Nazar, Business Insider, November 7, 2013
There are a handful of mistakes that have gone down in history as the most devastating lapses in business judgment of all time. These blunders cost millions (or billions) in missed revenue and allowed competitors to gain an advantage by seizing the opportunity. This article shares the “worst of the worst.” […read more]
MORGAN STANLEY CEO: Frankly, The Stock Market Is Not A Bubble
Sam Ro, Business Insider, November 3, 2013
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, in a recent Bloomberg Television interview with Eric Schatzker, disagreed with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s take that the markets are looking “bubble-like.” […read more]
Rebuilding Trust in the Financial Markets
Chapter Excerpt, Trust Inc, November 1, 2013
This chapter by Davia Temin in Trust Inc.: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset, contains a prescription for how to rebuild trust in the financial markets, even after five years.
REBUILDING TRUST IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS
Only 22% of Americans trust the financial system, Chicago’s “Financial Trust Index” has just reported. But it doesn’t take an index to tell us that public trust in the financial services industry, as well as the markets themselves, is dangerously compromised. The headlines say it all:
Where Banking Crisis Raged, Trust Is Slow to Return (The New York Times)
Deutsche Bank Says Generation Needed to Regain Trust (Bloomberg)
The Return of the ‘Rip-Off Factor’ on Wall Street (The New York Times)
Losing Faith in American Institutions (The New York Times)
Why You Shouldn’t Trust Any Libor Rate UBS Touched (The Wall Street Journal)
Another Annus Horribilis for Europe’s Banks (The Wall Street Journal)
Why I’m Leaving Goldman Sachs (The New York Times)
Big, Rich, and Wobbly: Wall Street Banks Are Still Sicker Than You Think (The Atlantic)
Though one might think that these headlines ran at the height of the financial crisis – 2008 and 2009 – they did not. They – and thousands more like them – are actually from 2013 and late 2012. Not much has changed in five years. […read more]
“Rebuilding Trust in the Financial Markets” – Still a Concern 5+ Years Later
T&C Press Release, Reuters, November 1, 2013
“Only 22 percent of Americans trust the financial system. Despite a broad stock market rally since the financial crisis officially ended, public distrust of banks and investment banks has not fully abated,” says reputation strategist Davia Temin. “In fact, in some cases, it has deepened.”
Ms. Temin’s essay, “Rebuilding Trust in the Financial Markets,” is featured in Barbara Brooks Kimmel’s new book Trust Inc.: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset, published today. […read more]
Why You Should Make Your First Price Offer Very Specific
Andrew O’Connell, HBR Blog Network, October 31, 2013
In a negotiation, making your first price offer a specific versus round number will increase your advantage according to an experiment conducted by a team led by David D. Loschelder of Saarland University. […read more]
The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth
Steven Mazie, The Big Think, October 30, 2013
According to this author’s article, the only people making real money day-trading individual stocks in 2013 have state-of-the-art computer algorithms on their side executing trades at lightning speeds. […read more]
How Our Minds Mislead Us: The Marvels and Flaws of Our Intuition
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, October 30, 2013
Edge editor John Brockman’s Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction is a “meta-exploration of thought itself” according to this author’s article and includes a “provocative” contribution from Nobel-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman on “the marvels and the flaws of intuitive thinking.” […read more]