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September 22, 2020September 21, 2020 andreweverett360

The role of marketing

Doug Garnett wrote a blog titled Marketing Roles. Continue reading “The role of marketing” →

September 21, 2020 andreweverett360

Degrowth

Akshat Rathi wrote an article for Bloomerg titled How ‘Degrowth’ Pushes Climate and Well-Being Over GDP. Continue reading “Degrowth” →

September 15, 2020 andreweverett360

Developing employees despite the chaos

Julie Winkle Giulioni wrote a blog post titled Careers in crisis: Developing employees despite the chaos. Continue reading “Developing employees despite the chaos” →

September 14, 2020 andreweverett360

The power of laughing at ourselves at work

Tom Fishburne gave a TedTalk titled The power of laughing at ourselves at work. Continue reading “The power of laughing at ourselves at work” →

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 andreweverett360

Good thinking

Jessica Stillman wrote an article for Inc. titled How Not to Be Stupid, based on advice from psychology professor David Dunning, who is famous for his research known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. Continue reading “Good thinking” →

September 3, 2020 andreweverett360

Helen Edwards on Market Segmentation

Helen Edwards wrote an article for Campaign titled How to avoid segmentation silliness. Continue reading “Helen Edwards on Market Segmentation” →

September 2, 2020 andreweverett360

The Elements of Good Judgment

Sir Andrew Likierman wrote an article for Harvard Business Review titled The Elements of Good Judgment. Continue reading “The Elements of Good Judgment” →

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 andreweverett360

Using the idea of worst case scenarios to innovate

The topic of John Lewis’s #innochat group discussion this week was thinking about worst case scenarios as a means to innovation, a topic broached by Kim Flum. Continue reading “Using the idea of worst case scenarios to innovate” →

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 andreweverett360

Bureaucracy

A Twitter thread started with an innocuous question. Continue reading “Bureaucracy” →

August 18, 2020August 17, 2020 andreweverett360

Reading is a core part of your intellectual feedback loop

Juvoni Beckford wrote a Twitter thread about reading. Continue reading “Reading is a core part of your intellectual feedback loop” →

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