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A heated discussion has ensued about Big Think’s interview with Peter Thiel on Scott Sumner’s blog, The Money Illusion. Check it out after the jump. STATSGUY: “His message about blaming […]
“Hold tight,” said UNFCCC secretary Yvo de Boer yesterday at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen. “Mind the doors. The cable car is moving again.” De Boer – who has […]
People do many things without knowing why: buy stuff they didn't think they wanted, vote differently when they're in one setting than they would in another, order a different lunch […]
The Good Soldiers is nearly unbearable. Relentlessly so. Commendably so. Whether you're a combat veteran, a soldier's mom, an Iraqi, the 43rd U.S. president, an ordinary American, or some pundit […]
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When it comes to hiring C-level executives, especially at financial institutions, former Medtronic CEO Bill George stresses substance over style.
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The face of hiring is changing in light of the economic crisis. Harvard management professor Bill George weighs in on how a company should approach measuring emotional intelligence.
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Now that your future is uncertain, here’s what you shouldn’t do: follow the money, says Bill George, Harvard management practice professor.
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Will it last? Harvard management professor Bill George sits on the board of the financial giant; he reflects upon its future.
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Bill George, Harvard professor management practice, weighs in on the dire state of today’s business leadership and how we can cultivate a better class of managers.
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Harvard management professor Bill George explains why we need to keep our standards up, and why tax laws need to change.
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A conversation with the Harvard Business School professor of management practice.
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The former Medtronic CEO Bill George remembers a personal experience that showed him how most leaders are afraid to face their own crises.
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Bill George, a board member of Goldman Sachs, on the changing landscape of Wall Street bonuses in the wake of the economic crisis—and why government intervention is more harm than […]
Iraqi militants have used cheap computer software to intercept live video feeds from US drones in a security breach which could give them enough information to evade air strikes.
Senate member and former vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman is seen to be “holding Obama to ransom” by using his deciding vote to go against the health care reform bill.
Golfer Tiger Woods may well be spending the Christmas holidays alone after reports that his wife Elin is moving out of his den following revelations that the pro has been cheating.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured festive-looking images of the cosmos (resembling a starry Christmas wreath) just in time for the holidays.
Scientists have completed research to sequence the genomes of skin and small-cell lung cancers - and it shows that many mutations could be prevented.
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo says evidence from recent NASA expeditions suggests that conditions necessary for life may exist on the icy satellites of Saturn and Jupiter.
With just two days remaining at the Copenhagen climate summit China signalled last night that it sees “virtually no possibility” of finalising an agreement on Friday.