Reading, Writing re: Management

Occasional posts on business books, their authors and publishers, tidbits from my book and article research, quotes from interviews with experts and executives, and hopefully, not too much self-promotional bushwa.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Why Managers Can’t Skimp on Radical Candor

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strategy+business , April 17, 2017 by Theodore Kinni It’s been a long time since I was a wage slave. But if today’s workplace is anything ...
Friday, April 7, 2017

Investing in America’s Data Science and Analytics Talent

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Learned a lot lending an editorial hand on this joint report: Increasingly US jobs require data science and analytics skills. Ca...
Saturday, March 25, 2017

2017 Commercial Aviation Trends

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Learned a lot lending an editorial hand on this Strategy& annual industry perspective: What a difference a couple of years can...
Friday, March 17, 2017

The Flare and Focus of Successful Futurists

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Enjoyed editing Amy Webb's adaptation of her book, The Signals Are Talking , for MIT Sloan Management Review : Futurists are skilled...
Saturday, March 11, 2017

Regulation, Who Needs It?

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LinkedIn , March 11, 2017 by Theodore Kinni President Trump wasted no time launching his promised war on federal regulation. Ten d...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Nir Eyal’s Required Reading

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strategy+business , March 8, 2017 by Theodore Kinni Nir Eyal teaches companies how to hook customers. When he says hook, he doesn’t mean ent...

Zero-based trade for CPG leaders: Five steps for raising the impact of your trade promotions

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Learned a lot lending an editorial hand here: PwC Strategy& , March 8, 2017 by David Ganiear and Edward Landry The next wave of profitab...
Thursday, March 2, 2017

RSA 2017: 5 Takeaways From the Biggest Cybersecurity Conference

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Lent an editorial hand here: WSJ.CustomStudios , March 2, 2017 by David B. Burg and Grant Waterfall, PwC The annual RSA Conference acts like...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

The Sisyphean Task of Activating Boards of Directors

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strategy+business , Feb. 22, 2017 by Theodore Kinni Ira M. Millstein opens his new book, The Activist Director (Columbia University Pr...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Susan David’s Required Reading

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strategy+business , Feb. 8, 2017 by Theodore Kinni “Emotions can be harnessed to live and lead in better ways,” says  Susan David . “Fo...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Exaggerated Truth-Telling Is Commonplace, But Not Admirable

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LinkedIn Pulse , Feb. 7, 2017 by Theodore Kinni In 1919, as the White and Red armies fought a brutal, seesaw war for control of Russia, Bri...
Tuesday, January 31, 2017

2017 Chemicals Trends

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Learned a lot lending an editorial hand here: PwC Strategy& , January, 2017 By Vijay Sarathy, Marcus Morawietz, Jayant Gotpagar, and...
Monday, January 30, 2017

Private-sector participation in the GCC: Building foundations for success

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Learned a lot lending an editorial hand here: PwC Strategy& , Jan. 30, 2017 by Hilal Halaoui, Salim Ghazaly, Karim Aly, Joe Youssef Mal...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Peter Diamandis’s Excellent Adventure

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strategy+business , January 25, 2017 by Theodore Kinni Stephen Hawking believes we humans won’t survive another thousand years unless we  ...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Samuel Bacharach’s Required Reading

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strategy+business , January 4, 2017 by Theodore Kinni It’s curious how often uncommonly clear and commonsensical thinking about manage...
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Marina Gorbis's Required Reading: Human Nature and Networks

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strategy+business , December 7, 2017 by Theodore Kinni Marina Gorbis  has studied the future of just about everything. It’s her job. Sin...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

How to Get Off the Hook

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strategy+business , November 23, 2016 by Theodore Kinni The just-concluded presidential election has taught us Americans a lot abou...

Why Innovation Isn’t Enough

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MIT Sloan Management Review , November 23, 2016 by Theodore Kinni Artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchains, reusable rockets, self-d...
Thursday, November 10, 2016

TechSavvy: Is Your Company Winning the Race to Digital Transformation?

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MIT Sloan Management Review , November 10, 2016 by Theodore Kinni In some respects, the digitization of business is a pretty nebulous subje...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Margaret Heffernan’s Required Reading

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strategy+business , November 9, 2016 by Theodore Kinni By 2100, we are going to eradicate disease and colonize Mars . In a time when it can...
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A seasoned business writer and editor, I work with leading consultants, corporations and non-profits, across sectors and geographies, to craft compelling content. The kinds of writing and editing that I do: • Books. I have played an instrumental role in the creation of more than 20 business books, as a named author, ghostwriter or editor. • White papers and reports. I’ve ghostwritten and edited more than 100 white papers and reports. • Articles, op-eds and reviews. I’ve written, ghostwritten and edited hundreds of pieces for business magazines, newspapers, blogs and web sites.
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