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 Self-Destruction of the 1 Percent
Chrystia Freeland, The New York Times, October 13, 2012
Inclusive nations succeed while extractive ones fail, according to this review on the history of ancient Venice’s rise and fall. […read more]
Lance Armstrong’s Guide to Cheating a Drug Test
Daniel Honan, Big Think, October 13, 2012
The anti-hero’s journey: world-famous cyclist Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace. […read more]
Who Gives a Tweet? Evaluating Microblog Content Value
Margaret Weigel, Journalist’s Resource, February 15, 2012
Valuable social media insight from a study presented at the 2012 Computer Supported Cooperative Work conference, which focused on user impressions of tweet content. […read more]
Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work
Shawn Achor, TED, February 1, 2012
Positive psychology expert Shawn Achor presents this TED talk on the “happy secret to better work.” […read more]
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to European Union
BBC News, October 12, 2012
According to EU Commission President Jose Barroso, the EU’s recently-awarded Nobel Peace Prize “is a message that the EU is something very precious—we should cherish it.” […read more]
European Union wins Nobel peace prize
Luke Harding, The Guardian, October 12, 2012
The grand experiment: the European Union was just announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. […read more]
Re-Creating the Real World
Bruce Hood, Scientific American, October 12, 2012
To what extent do we truly experience reality? New findings suggest that we are perpetually re-creating the world around us using the matrices inside our heads. […read more]
Graphene Could Usher in Flexible, Ultra-Slim Gadgets
Nick Bilton, The New York Times, October 12, 2012
Meet the “wonder material”: graphene, a substance 100 times stronger than steel and so thin that a single ounce of it could cover 28 football fields. […read more]
Roots of Post-Trauma Resilience Sought in Genetics and Brain Changes
Virginia Hughes and Nature Magazine, Scientific American, October 11, 2012
In the United States, an estimated 50-60% of people will experience a traumatic event at some point in their lives. New research points to why some people never recover better than do others. […read more]
Greek unemployment rate hits 25.1 percent in July as recession heads for sixth year
Associated Press, The Washington Post, October 11, 2012
A staggering 25% of the Greek population is unemployed, and statistics indicate unemployment will only continue to rise. […read more]