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.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Tried to Give Steve Jobs His Liver—But Jobs Refused
Chris Gayomali, Fast Company, March 12, 2015
In the forthcoming book, “Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary World,” by Fast Company executive editor Rick Tetzeli and co-author Brent Schlender, we learn just how close Tim Cook and Steve Jobs really were. This article shares an exclusive excerpt. […read more]
100 Business, Technology and Leadership Lessons [SLIDE DECK]
Vala Afshar, The Huffington Post, March 12, 2015
On March 8, 2013, Michael Krigsman and this article’s author launched a weekly video series called CXO-Talk. The goal was to connect their network and share wisdom from the most innovative and thoughtful business leaders in the world. Since then, CXO-Talk has set the standard for thought-provoking enterprise video content. With over 100 episodes completed, they have created a SlideShare presentation featuring 116 executives from our first 100 episodes. […read more]
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Recruiters Confess: 6 Social Media No-Nos That Can Knock You Out of the Running
Molly Triffin, LearnVest, March 12, 2015
In a recent Jobvite survey, 55% of recruiters admitted to reconsidering candidates based on their social media profiles. To help you from getting burned by an internet blunder, this article shares six social media behaviors that could alienate a recruiter during your job search. Learn why they send the wrong message—and what you can do instead to come out looking supremely hirable. […read more]
Can Robert Putnam Save the American Dream?
Marc Parry, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 12, 2015
Robert D. Putnam — Harvard political scientist, trumpeter of community revival, consultant to the last four presidents — visited Cambridge’s Lesley University to sound an alarm. “What I want to talk to you about,” he told some 40 students and academics, is “the most important domestic challenge facing our country today. I want to talk about a growing gap between rich kids and poor kids.” […read more]
“Staying Ahead of the Game: The Steps to Effective Crisis Communications Planning”
Davia Temin led a webinar on March 11, 2015 sponsored by PR Newswire on steps to effectively plan for and respond to a crisis. — PR Newswire […read more]
Passports for a Price: The Business Showing Poor Countries How to Sell Citizenship
Jason Clenfield, BloombergBusiness, March 11, 2015
Swiss lawyer Christian Kalin’s business is showing poor countries they have at least one resource worth selling: citizenship. […read more]
The Return of Proxy Access
Equilar, March 11, 2015
With the 2015 proxy season underway, one topic receiving attention this year is proxy access. Proxy access was originally written into the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010. It was struck down in a federal court in 2011. This has subsequently increased the number of proposals on the issue. […read more]
Hate Takes the Bus
Charles M. Blow, The New York Times, March 11, 2015
This week, when video was posted showing members of the University of Oklahoma’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon gleefully engaged in a racist chant on a bus, some people were shocked. Others, like this article’s author, were not. This was just video confirmation of a racism that envelops us like a fog, often just as evanescent and immeasurable. […read more]
The Art of Looking: How to Live with Presence, Break the Tyranny of Productivity, and Learn to See Our Everyday Wonderland
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, June 27, 2014
This article’s author sat down with cognitive scientist Alexandra Horowitz to discuss her immeasurably wonderful On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes — “one of the best books of 2013 and among the most interesting [she’s] ever read.” Their conversation ranges from Alice in Wonderland to John Cage to Susan Sontag, by way of dog cognition and productivity, in the service of understanding how different minds expose the many everyday wonderlands hidden before our eyes. […read more]
Slashed US ambassador Lippert leaves South Korea hospital
BBC News Asia, March 10, 2015
Mark Lippert, the US ambassador to South Korea who was slashed at a breakfast meeting last week, has been discharged from hospital in Seoul. Mr. Lippert suffered gashes to his face and hand when he was attacked by a knife-wielding Korean nationalist. He told reporters before he was discharged that the US mission to be “open and friendly” would not change. […read more]