How to Spot the Future
Excellent article from the May 2012 issue of Wired. Also worth checking out from the same issue: 8 Visionaries on How They Spot the Future
How to Spot the Future
By Thomas Goetz
How much of the ability to lead is genetic?
How much of the ability to lead is genetic? Nature vs nurture as applied to management is discussed. From The Economist, September 25, 2010:
The biology of business
Homo administrans
Biologists have brought rigour to psychology, sociology and even economics. Now they are turning their attention to the softest science of all: management
How to get to the top
Jeffrey Pfeffer’s book, “Power: Why Some People Have It — and Others Don’t” is supposed to be partly a “how-to” guide to rising to the top. My favorite tip: there is no point at which flattery becomes ineffective.
Schumpeter of The Economist (September 11, 2010) explains:
The will to power
Why some people have power over companies and others don’t
For more productive meetings
Keeping a brainstorming session somewhat uncomfortable (by introducing an oddball or a stranger, for example) seems to enhance the creative process. From Time magazine, Mar. 31, 2009:
Why the Office Oddball Is Good for Business
About
Although it started out as a means of practising expressing myself, this blog is turning out to be more of a compendium of interesting information I come across. One of these days I’ll have to actually write something as opposed to cut and paste. 
