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.
Adnan Iqbal on An Everyday Choice: Respond or React?
Stanford Graduate School of Business, April 15, 2014
Have you ever been in a situation where you just reacted? You didn’t process the situation, you didn’t consider the context, and you definitely didn’t think about your words. How different would the outcome have been if you responded thoughtfully? Adnan Iqbal shares his personal stories and asks us to treat every personal interaction as an opportunity to make an impact. […read more]
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10 Powerful Habits of Highly Effective Leaders
Peter Economy, Inc., October 17, 2014
Today’s most-successful leaders didn’t get that way by accident. They learned and applied the habits of great leadership. You can too. This article shares ten habits of highly effective leaders. […read more]
Are Women Better Decision Makers?
Therese Huston, The New York Times, October 17, 2014
Women are more focused on finding common ground and collaborating. But there’s another benefit to having more women in positions of power. Neuroscientists have uncovered evidence suggesting that, when the pressure is on, women bring unique strengths to decision making. […read more]
Lawrence Wein: Five Disaster Scenarios — and What We Learn From Them
Shana Lynch, Insights, October 16, 2014
Lawrence Wein, the Jeffrey S. Skoll Professor of Management Science at Stanford Graduate School of Business, applies complex mathematical equations to disaster scenarios — calculating the odds of survival from toxic milk to pandemic flu to nuclear war. This article shares some of the big issues he’s studied over the last 10 years and what his research showed. […read more]
Tech exec or Dr. Feelgood? At Dreamforce, Salesforce CEO has it both ways
Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, October 15, 2014
At his company’s annual customer conference, Marc Benioff used his platform to push philanthropic causes, not business software. The question is whether his insistence on placing philanthropy front and center at his company’s annual customer conference will impact the actions and cultures of other technology companies. […read more]
Redefine Failure: How To Move Beyond The Fear
Amy Rees Anderson, Forbes, October 15, 2014
Fear of failure is said to be the greatest barrier to one’s success, which makes total sense given that our fear of failure is what stops us from making attempts in the first place. Yet, can anyone blame us for fearing failure? […read more]
Hannah Arendt on Memory, the Elasticity of Time, and What Free Will Really Means
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, October 14, 2014
This article discusses Hannah Arendt’s The Life of the Mind, an expansion on the lecture Arendt gave at the prestigious Gifford Lectures in 1973 which explores the crucial difference between truth and meaning and investigates “the nature of the willing capability and its function in the life of the mind.” […read more]
Key question: How did Dallas worker catch Ebola?
Marilyn Marchione, Associated Press, October 13, 2014
How did it happen? That’s the big question as federal health officials investigate the case of a Dallas health worker who treated an Ebola patient and ended up with the disease herself. The situation raises fresh concerns about whether any U.S. hospital can safely handle Ebola patients, as health officials have insisted is possible. […read more]
Must We Vilify Satya Nadella?
Leadership, “Reputation Matters” Forbes, October 11, 2014
I know that it makes a good meme. And I know that we all love it when a powerful leader puts his foot in it and states something that either is preposterous or impolitic. And I know we all love to pile on in outrage over social media when something like this happens. Heck, I do too sometimes. But I think we may be being a bit counterproductive here. And I think we are taking some cheap shots.
Because the conversation around women, promotions, raises, and getting and asking for your due, is nuanced, inconvenient, and sometimes based on what we want to be true rather than what is.
After all, the Microsoft CEO was addressing the highly prestigious women in technology conference, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, on Thursday as the first man to ever do so. That took some real commitment. And, he was being hosted by his board member, computer scientist Maria M. Klawe (Microsoft now has 3 women board members, thought to be the beginnings of best governance practice) who is also the first woman to lead Harvey Mudd College (of engineering). And she opened by saying she adores him. This is not the profile of a woman-hating Philistine, it seems to me. Perhaps – or most certainly – he has been a bit naïve, but we can help him with that. […read more]
Kmart Breached: Yet Another Retailer Has Payment Info Stolen
Jeff Peters, Hacksurfer, October 11, 2014
Kmart’s IT team discovered “undetectable” malware infecting their payment data systems on Thursday and believes that “certain debit and credit card numbers have been compromised.” […read more]