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.
Crisis of the Week: Kiss-and-Tell Fears After Adult Friend Finder Breach
Ben DiPietro, The Wall Street Journal’s Risk & Compliance Journal, June 1, 2015
The crisis this week is the one involving Adult Friend Finder, the hookup dating site that suffered a data breach that exposed its users’ sexual secrets. Among the data allegedly stolen were details about the sexual preferences of the site’s members, including whether they were married. The U.K. television station that broke the story said it found a database of 3.9 million site members on a hacker forum.
The company that runs the site, FriendFinder Networks Inc., last week issued a statement saying it was investigating the reports, taking steps to protect members’ information, had hired a data security firm and was working with law enforcement agencies. It wouldn’t confirm the full scope of the breach until its investigation was completed, but said there was no evidence of financial information or passwords being compromised.
Looking at the company’s statement and its actions to date, how well has it responded to this crisis? Where is its response falling short? What more can the company do at this point?
Davia Temin, president and CEO, Temin and Co.: “This is crisis management at the shadow fringe of commerce. While pornography, and other businesses involved in sex trade such as Adult Friend Finder, have always been the ‘early adopters’ of new Internet and social media technologies, they are woefully late to the game of crisis management.
“For a site that one tech expert calls ‘one of the most heavily-trafficked websites in the world,’ and that collects some of the most private and potentially embarrassing data in the world, the owners of the site have made every crisis management mistake in the book regarding cyber data breaches. They never announced the breach themselves, only responding when someone else found it. When forced into it, their statement is formulaic, unspecific, hard-to-find, ineffectual, and unbelievable; they give no advice to members whose data has been breached, and no contact information to follow up; they promise no further communication.
“But who is going to complain? Clearly the members of this club do not want to go public to complain to law enforcement, the media, or one another. When people are involved in activities that are either illegal or that they are ashamed of, they have little recourse.
“And FriendFinder Networks seems to be counting on that. You get the feeling they just want their members to go back to the shadows–pay their fees, hook up and then take the breach silently, as penance for using the site at all.”
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10 Facts About the New Cyber Threat Intelligence Center
Nicole Blake Johnson, FedTech, March 2, 2015
The new Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC), established in February under the purview of the director of national intelligence (DNI), is expected to be fully operational by the end of fiscal year 2016. While there are many unknowns about the center’s specific roles and responsibilities and staffing structure, this article shares 10 takeaways from the White House that provide more details about the CTIIC. […read more]
“Crisis of the Week: Kiss-and-Tell Fears After Adult Friend Finder Breach”
Experts were asked to weigh in on how well FriendFinder Networks has responded to the crisis, where its response has fallen short, and what the company can do at this point. “[T]he owners of the site have made every crisis management mistake in the book regarding cyber data breaches,” says Davia Temin. — The Wall Street Journal’s Risk and Compliance Journal […read more]
Senator Elizabeth Warren Is Mad as Hell (Video)
Amy Schatz, Re/code, May 26, 2015
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is tired of Washington being in the grip of big money and lobbyists. She thinks things need to change. Now. “Too many of the people in Washington do not represent the folks who elected them. They represent the rich and the powerful,” the Senator said on Day One of the Code Conference. […read more]
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Five Free Apps That Are Like Having An Extra Set Of Hands
Doug Aamoth, Fast Company, May 15, 2015
This article’s author shares five apps for both Android and iOS that can help take care of your groceries, birthday cards, laundry, dinner and running errands, kinda sorta making it seem like you’re in two places at once. […read more]
Science Reveals How to Make People Think You Are Successful Within Five Seconds of Meeting Them
Max Chang, NextShark, February 26, 2015
Most people will make a ton of assumptions about you within the first five seconds of meeting you in regard to your attractiveness, potential for success, personality, etc. When you bring business into the mix, first impressions of new colleagues and connections can be crucial. So within those first five seconds of meeting someone, how do you give off an aura of success? The answer is simple — look the part. […read more]
More Americans are switching from Android to iPhones, according to this chart
Eugene Kim, Business Insider, May 14, 2015
Apple CEO Tim Cook stressed during its most recent earnings call that Apple is seeing a higher number of “switchers,” that is, people swapping their Android-powered smartphones for iPhones. In fact, he said the current iPhone lineup had the highest Android switcher rate in “any of the last three launches in the three previous years.” […read more]
How We Elevate Each Other: Viktor Frankl on the Human Spirit and Why Idealism Is the Best Realism
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, April 14, 2015
Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl’s 1946 psychological memoir Man’s Search for Meaning is one of the most vital books ever written, and one of the most vitalizing one could ever read — a wealth of insight on how to persevere through troubled times and what it means to live fully. […read more]
When Grief Won’t Relent
Jane E. Brody, The New York Times, February 16, 2015
Grief is a normal human reaction, not a disease, and there is no one right way to get through it. Most often, within six months of a death, survivors adjust and are more or less able to resume usual activities, experience joy, and remember their loved ones without intense pain. But sometimes, even when the loss is neither sudden nor unexpected, survivors close to the deceased can experience extremely disruptive grief reactions that persist far longer. […read more]
Amtrak Train Derailed Going 106 M.P.H. on Sharp Curve; at Least 7 Killed
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Jad Mouawad and Emma G. Fitzsimmons, The New York Times, May 13, 2015
An engineer jammed on the emergency brakes just seconds before Tuesday’s fatal Amtrak derailment, but the train — traveling at 106 miles an hour, more than twice the speed limit — slowed only slightly, federal authorities said, before hurtling off its tracks, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 200. […read more]