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- 14 May 2012
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When Giants Fail
- 02 Apr 2020
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Working While Distancing
- 24 Aug 2021
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The 10 New Leadership Books to Wrap Up Summer and Kick Off Fall
- 25 Oct 2020
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Kominers’s Conundrums: An Emoji Hunt in Search of a Song
- 03 May 2016
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There Are Multiple Issues With Multitasking
- 15 Mar 2019
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How the modern office is killing our creativity
- 01 Dec 2023
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Action Plan: Life Study
Above: photo by Beth Perkins “There’s an artistic spark in everybody,” says Ted Hartley (MMP 4, 1956). “If you can get rid of that left-brain inner critic, you can explore what will open up in the right-brain side in all of us.” Hartley came to painting a little over a...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jan 2013
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Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
turned down a date from her future husbancd (classmate Jonathon Jacobson) because she didn't want to be distracted from her studies. Soon after arriving at Soldiers Field, Jacobson realized her ability to listen and express herself meshed...
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Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn
Corn likes people. It benefits from human contact, when it’s thinned out and hand-pollinated, explains Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997). Corn thrives when sung to and spoken to—something Keen does in the language of his mother’s Omaha Tribe, where he is known as Bison...
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- 22 Oct 2018
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Sharing a Passion for Art
exhibition space set among forests, meadows, and dunes on the Netherlands’ west coast, where, as van Caldenborgh puts it, “there is nothing to distract people from looking at and enjoying art.” The three-year process of building the...
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- 01 Dec 2014
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Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
re-education occurred when Spier won an opportunity to lunch with the Oracle of Omaha, a three-hour steak-a-thon. Buffett encouraged his dining companions to live their lives by an internal scorecard and to filter out distractions and the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2007
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The Joy of Work
interference so they are not distracted by other tasks. In addition to keeping distractions at bay, what are some other ways managers can boost creativity? Obviously managers need to be concerned with big...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over
and so forth. The ever-intensifying social media buzz around the Cup can heighten interest and exposure, but it also can create a lot of distracting "noise" that marketers can't control. What's in it for Brazil? If there's logistical...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2015
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Case Study: Golden Ticket
propositions to a new customer base. —Cindy Park (PLDA 12, 2013) Stay with the current target market and own it—don’t be distracted by other rabbits to chase. —Peter Anderson (MBA 1981) According to the California Department of Education,...
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- 07 Sep 2021
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Alumni Perspective: The Morning After 9/11
fidelity to the course than she did about empathy for her students. “Today’s case is Progressive,” she said, starting the case study discussion in the conventional way. But then, she swerved off in a most unconventional direction. “Who gives a shit? I don't. But for...
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- 23 Sep 2019
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Leading Schools that Change Lives
of Salesianum School, the Catholic boys’ prep school he graduated from in Wilmington, Delaware. “You have to be laser-focused on what’s most important and not get distracted by the chaos and noise.” Kennealey’s résumé includes teaching in...
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- 30 Apr 2019
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Leading Schools That Change Lives
skill in managing startups and established organizations alike. “You need to be laser-focused on what is most important and not get distracted by the chaos and noise.” Kennealey’s most recent priority has been negotiating a public/private...
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- 01 Sep 2020
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Action Plan: Finding Fluency
Duolingo shifted from being a tool for travelers to a classroom assistant for parents educating their children at home and a much-needed distraction for adult learners. Marketing evolved, too, responding to these new and changing consumer...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Leadership on a Global Stage
lost all five fingers on his left hand while trying to protect his men from a defective distraction grenade that exploded prematurely. Jefferson was hospitalized for months and then well for the first time in years, he didn’t know what...
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Robert S. Benchley