Dateline: February 14, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's thought comes from a recent blog about Bank of America's cloud strategy. Information Week's Chris Murphy wrote a mini-case study titled, Bank Of America's 'Why Stop There?' Cloud Strategy where he examines the bank's strategy for migrating from a data center-based … [Read more...]
Maybe Criticism is the Problem
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Dateline: February 7, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's thought for the weekend comes from a recent article by Daniel Goleman, Co-Director of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University and author of a variety of top-selling books. His recent blog at Harvard Business … [Read more...]
Do You Work Too Much?
January 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: January 31, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This is our last week to officially explore personal leadership topics, although I can't promise that we will avoid these topics in the future. This week's thought comes from Harvard Business Review's Blog Network. Duke University Adjunct Professor Dorie Clark posted a blog … [Read more...]
Toxic Habits of an Organization
January 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: January 17, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. January seems to be a time of taking stock of ourselves and doing a personal inventory of our strengths and our opportunities for growth. Recently, Fast Company published a blog titled, "How to Turn your Toxic Habits into Better Patterns of Behavior" and that caught my … [Read more...]
Changing Yourself Takes Extraordinary Willpower
January 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: January 10, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week we look at a thoughtful blog post by Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Professor of Business Psychology at University College London, titled, "If you want to change, don't read this". His post examines the science and research behind change and points out how difficult … [Read more...]
Most Impactful Ideas of 2013 According to HBR
January 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: January 3, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. To kick off our new year, this post is not really about one idea…but about 7. At the beginning of each year as a way to wrap up the past year, we look for the most insightful 'summary'. This year, we found just the list at Harvard Business Review's Blog Network by Katherine … [Read more...]
The Impact of Bitcoin
December 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: December 27, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. The topic this weekend is virtual currency and the rise of Bitcoin. Bitcoin, as you may know, is the hot virtual currency right now. A Los Angeles Times article earlier this month described it's use and it's recent rise in value. Consumers are using bitcoins at coffee shops, … [Read more...]
Google’s Role for Managers
December 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: December 20, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week we look at a recent Harvard Business Review article by Professor David Garvin, which was commented on by Drake Baer at Fast Company. The topic is the role of managers at Google, who famously eliminated managers in an effort to be flat, encourage innovation and … [Read more...]
IT for Economic Growth
December 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Dateline: December 13, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Last month, former President Bill Clinton addressed an audience in China about the role of IT in creating economic wealth. Clinton contends universal access to high-speed broadband raises education levels across any given community, which in turn creates the skills needed to … [Read more...]
