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 uses of history
The Economist, August 29, 2015
The 70th anniversary of Japan’s second-world-war surrender has exposed what is almost an obsession with history both in Japan and among some victims of its wartime aggression, especially in China and South Korea. […read more]
Rethinking Work
Barry Schwartz, The New York Times, August 28, 2015
How satisfied are we with our jobs? Gallup regularly polls workers around the world to find out. Its survey last year found that almost 90 percent of workers were either “not engaged” with or “actively disengaged” from their jobs. Think about that: Nine out of 10 workers spend half their waking lives doing things they don’t really want to do in places they don’t particularly want to be. […read more]
India Virtually Eliminates Tetanus as a Killer
Donald G. McNeil, Jr., The New York Times, August 28, 2015
A year after eliminating polio, India has scored another public health victory. Following a 15-year campaign, the country has virtually eliminated tetanus as a killer of newborns and mothers. […read more]
Owen Labrie of St. Paul’s School Is Found Not Guilty of Main Rape Charge
Jess Bidgood, The New York Times, August 28, 2015
The prep school graduate accused of raping a younger student at the elite St. Paul’s School dropped his head and sobbed for the first time since the start of his trial: He had been found not guilty on Friday of felony sexual assault charges, but was convicted of having sex with a girl who was below the age of consent. The accuser sat in the front row, tightly flanked by her family, her father’s hand on her head, her mother’s arm around her shoulders. She cried, too, in the main hall of the drab courthouse here, before stepping out the back door. So ended the trial of Owen Labrie, 19, and with it a rare exploration of the backslapping sexual culture among some students at one of the nation’s most exclusive boarding schools. […read more]
Chinese Banking Giants: Zero Profit Growth, More Bad Loans
BloombergBusiness, August 27, 2015
The first two Chinese banking giants to report earnings this week have two things in common: zero profit growth and bad loans piling up at more than twice the pace of a year earlier. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. posted a 31 percent increase in bad loans in the first half, while Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. had a 28 percent jump, their stock-exchange statements showed on Thursday. […read more]
New Math Could Reveal Hidden Sources of Chaos
Tia Ghose, Live Science, August 27, 2015
It’s that point when a smooth river turns into a tumultuous swirl of white water, the tornado that unpredictably changes course on a dime or the wild interactions of three planets under one another’s gravitational pull. It’s chaos. Although most people instinctively know chaos when they see it, there hasn’t been one, single, universally agreed-upon mathematical definition of the term. Now, scientists have tried to come up with a mathematical way to describe such chaotic systems. […read more]
Most corporate risk due to just 1% of employees
Maria Korolov, CSO, August 26, 2015
Just 1 percent of employees are responsible for 75 percent of cloud-related enterprise security risk, and companies can dramatically reduce their exposure at very little additional cost by paying extra attention to these users. According to newly-released research by CloudLock, which analyzed the behavior of 10 million users during the second quarter of this year, these users are sending out plain-text passwords, sharing files, accidentally downloading malware, clicking on phishing links, using risky applications, reusing passwords, and engaging in other types of dangerous behaviors. […read more]
Stress Is Your Brain Trying to Avoid Something
Art Markman, Harvard Business Review, August 26, 2015
Stress exists in every workplace, and all of us have probably tried a few trendy stress-management approaches. But rather than trying the latest fad, it may be more effective to understand how stress works and where it comes from, so that you can create your own methods for dealing with it. […read more]
The growing need for more women cybersleuths
Jennifer Schlesinger, CNBC, August 26, 2015
Amid high-profile breaches on websites such as Ashley Madison and the IRS, experts say the need for cybersecurity professionals—including women—is only growing. Nearly 2 million global cybersecurity professionals will be needed by 2017, according to the National Cybersecurity Institute at Excelsior College. At the same time, the cybersecurity industry is facing a gender gap. […read more]
I Had a Baby and Cancer When I Worked at Amazon. This Is My Story
Julia Cheiffetz, Medium, August 26, 2015
This article’s author shares her story of her employment with Amazon, the challenges of having a baby and being diagnosed with cancer while working for the online retail giant, and returning to work only to find out her employment was at risk. […read more]