2. Must Reads

Must Reads

“When turmoil rules, go in.” — Lao Tzu

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.

In clubby VC world, gender gap persists

Alex Halperin of Dow Jones, The Seattle Times, August 20, 2005

The small number of female investors “says to me that the industry is not necessarily gender neutral, which isn’t to say that it’s outright discriminatory,” says Davia Temin, president of the strategic-marketing firm Temin, whose clients include VC firms. […read more]

Women face hurdles in venture-capital world

San Jose Mercury News (Dow Jones/AP), August 18, 2005. 

The small number of female investors ‘says to me that the industry is not necessarily gender neutral, which isn’t to say that it’s outright discriminatory,’ says Davia Temin, president of the strategic-marketing firm Temin, whose clients include VC firms.

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The evolving saga of America’s CEOs

Ron Scherer, Christian Science Monitor, February 11, 2005

“At first blush, the Carly Fiorina story seems like that of a highly visible female CEO perceived to have failed. But her firing as head of Hewlett-Packard sheds some light on how business is changing, no matter what the gender of the person in the corner suite…” […read more]

Recruiters sort out effects of HP firing

Randi Marshall and Patricia Kitchen, Newsday, February 10, 2005

Reporters Randi Marshall and Patricia Kitchen look at the issues presented by the firing of HP CEO Carly Fiorina.

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Gender, Work, and Wall Street

Ron Scherer, Christian Science Monitor, July 14, 2004

Women battle for equal pay and treatment at the highest levels of Wall Street firms like Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs. […read more]

Columbia’s First Amendment Breakfast

Davia Temin speaks at the First Amendment Breakfast

In this keynote speech, Davia shares stories, then answers questions about the intersection of business and journalism at the highest levels – from GE, from BioTech, and others. These stories relate to both the power of press reports and the abuse of that power in journalistic reports on business.

To listen to the broadcast, click below.

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Executive Life; For Media Training, A Focus on Defense

Eilene Zimmerman, The New York Times, October 12, 2003

“Davia Temin, a former head of corporate marketing for GE Capital and now president of Temin & Company, a marketing, public affairs and crisis management firm in New York, regularly helps corporate executives navigate ethical and legal crises in what she said was today’s ‘hypercritical’ climate. ‘The level of savvyness that senior executives have to exhibit in talking to the press at this point in time is unprecedented,’ she said. ‘There are things I would have told a client they could say to the press four years ago that I would not advise them to say now.'” […read more]