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.
Director of National Intelligence Publishes First Transparency Report on Surveillance
Alice Truong, Fast Company, June 27, 2014
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has declassified and published a transparency report regarding the use of national security authorities in 2013, including surveillance orders, national security letters, and summoning of business records. […read more]
High-Trust Culture #6: Don’t Keep People In The Dark
Joel Peterson, LinkedIn, February 22, 2014
Most of us have worked for organizations where the communication is less than perfect. We may know what’s going on in our group or department, but when it comes to the company’s broader goals, we’re in the dark. The antidote to this trust-killing lack of information is, of course, communication – and lots of it. Leaders must be determined to share the facts with everyone – simply, persuasively and thoroughly. […read more]
Google Starts Removing Search Results Under Europe’s ‘Right to be Forgotten’
Sam Schechner, The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2014
Google Inc. started removing results from its search engine under Europe’s new “right to be forgotten,” implementing a landmark May ruling by the European Union’s top court that gives individuals the right to request removal of results that turn up in Internet searches for their own names. […read more]
You Can Read This World Cup Story at Work. Your Boss Said It’s OK
Eben Novy-Williams, Mason Levinson and Jacob Barach, Bloomberg, June 25, 2014
Every four years during the world’s most-watched sporting event – the World Cup – when games often air live during business hours, ratings records fall and social media influence rises causing U.S. companies to take new approaches to the prospect of employees keeping at least one eye glued to the games. […read more]
Secrets of the Creative Brain
Nancy Andreasen, The Atlantic, June 25, 2014
A leading neuroscientist who has spent decades studying creativity shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ—and why it is so often accompanied by mental illness. […read more]
Egypt court sentences Al Jazeera journalists
Al Jazeera, June 23, 2014
Two Al Jazeera English journalists have been sentenced to seven years in jail and one to 10 years by an Egyptian court on charges including aiding the Muslim Brotherhood and reporting false news. […read more]
Jazeera Journalists Get 7 Years Amid Egypt Freedom Fears
Salma El Wardany and Tarek El-Tablawy, Bloomberg, June 23, 2014
A court in Egypt sentenced three Al-Jazeera journalists, including an award-winning Australian reporter, to at least seven years in jail, heightening concerns national security is being used as a pretext to curb freedoms. […read more]
Morning People Are Less Ethical at Night
Christopher M. Barnes, Brian Gunia and Sunita Sah, HBR Blog Network, June 23, 2014
Employees face many temptations to behave unethically at work. Resisting those temptations requires energy and effort. But the energy that is essential to exert self-control waxes and wanes. And when that energy is low, people are more likely to behave unethically. This opens up the possibility that even within the same day, a given person could be ethical at one point in time and unethical at another point in time. […read more]
Survival Guide for Leaders in the Digital Age
Deborah C. Hopkins, LinkedIn, June 20, 2014
Driving change is not easy business, but in the current age of disruption, it’s a business imperative. This article’s author shares ten tips on how leaders should respond in the Digital Age. […read more]
The Incredible Shrinking Statistic: Female Bank CEOs
Heather Landy, American Banker, June 19, 2014
There are close to 100 bank holding companies in the United States with assets of more than $10 billion. In 2011, just five of these companies had a female CEO. Now, only three do. And that figure looks set to dwindle further. This article’s author shares three reasons why gender diversity in the banking industry’s C-suites has lost so much ground. […read more]