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.
Council wants to ban helicopters, so industry fights back
Andrew J. Hawkins, The Insider, Crain’s New York Business, July 10, 2015
The helicopter-tour industry, facing extinction from a City Council bill that would ban their business, is releasing a poll that argues noise pollution and helicopters are nonissues among New Yorkers. […read more]
How the Nazi telegram that helped drive Hitler to suicide was nearly forgotten in a S.C. safe
Michael E. Miller, The Washington Post, July 10, 2015
It is one of the most crucial documents from the most pivotal moment in the most terrible war. A treasonous telegram from No. 2 Nazi Hermann Goering to none other than the führer himself. A message that, along with the advancing Allied troops, helped drive Adolf Hitler to swallow cyanide and shoot himself inside his underground Berlin bunker. Despite its influence on World War II, however, the memorandum ended up inside a South Carolina safe, nearly forgotten for more than a decade until a college student made it his senior thesis. […read more]
Outside Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds
James Risen, The New York Times, July 10, 2015
The Central Intelligence Agency’s health professionals repeatedly criticized the agency’s post-Sept. 11 interrogation program, but their protests were rebuffed by prominent outside psychologists who lent credibility to the program, according to a new report which examines the involvement of the nation’s psychologists and their largest professional organization, the American Psychological Association, with the harsh interrogation programs of the Bush era, and which raises repeated questions about the collaboration between psychologists and officials at both the C.I.A. and the Pentagon. […read more]
Review: Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Gives Atticus Finch a Dark Side
Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times, July 10, 2015
We remember Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s 1960 classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” as that novel’s moral conscience: kind, wise, honorable, an avatar of integrity. Shockingly, in Ms. Lee’s long-awaited novel, “Go Set a Watchman,” Atticus is a racist who once attended a Klan meeting. […read more]
You can test all the big changes coming to Mac right now
Steve Kovach, Business Insider, July 9, 2015
Apple will have a new software update for many Mac computer models this fall called OS X El Capitan. This article’s author had a chance to test an early version and shares a quick look at what you can expect when the the new operating system is available to download. […read more]
NYSE Suspends Trading in All Securities
Sam Mamudi, BloombergBusiness, July 8, 2015
The New York Stock Exchange halted trading for 3 1/2 hours because of a computer malfunction, forcing traders to route orders elsewhere in a drama that also highlighted the resilience of U.S. market structure. […read more]
An Offline N.Y.S.E. Makes Barely a Ripple in a Day’s Trading
Michael J. de la Merced, Dealbook, The New York Times, July 8, 2015
Investors who wanted to buy and sell shares of companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange were still able to do so with ease on Wednesday. In years past, a shutdown of the N.Y.S.E. might have stopped Wall Street dead in its tracks, with a broad range of companies’ shares sitting frozen until all technical problems were unwound. But as the lengthy stoppage on Wednesday showed, the modern world of stock trading is much quicker, more complex and reliant on sophisticated computers. […read more]
Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend
Kelly McGonigal, Ted Talks, June 2013
Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others. […read more]
8 Myths You Probably Believe About Procrastination
Stephanie Vozza, Fast Company, July 8, 2015
Perpetuating the lackadaisical attitude toward procrastination are the myths that surround it. Joseph Ferrari, PhD, professor of psychology at DePaul University in Chicago, shares eight misconceptions about putting things off, and offers some tips on how to reframe our thinking. […read more]
Adversity: A path to vulnerability or resiliency? Depends on how much.
Anna Luerssen, Berkeley Science Review, August 3, 2011
This article’s author looks to a study conducted by Mark Seery, a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, et al to find out about the relationship between past experiences and whether one responds to current life adversity with vulnerability or resiliency and to answer the question as to who, if faced with a new crisis, will display the resilient response. […read more]