Must Reads
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
“Crisis of the Week: United Airlines Faces Turbulence Amid Federal Probe”
Based upon the statements and actions taken by United Continential Holdings Inc., the experts were asked to gauge how well they handled the crisis. “‘By the book,’ is how United Airlines said it conducted its investigation of former CEO Jeff Smisek, and by the book is how its board and new CEO have handled every communication regarding management changes. But there are times when ‘by the book’ is simply not enough to do the job, and this is one of them,” says Davia Temin. — The Wall Street Journal’s Risk and Compliance Journal […read more]
Business continuity planning and disaster recovery
Larry Jaffee, SC Magazine, September 2015
The Sony Pictures hack should serve as a wakeup call for all organizations to consider the importance of business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) plans. However, an informal survey undertaken by SC Magazine of IT security professionals and crisis communications experts reveals that anyone could be caught with their pants down.
“A cyber breach can be an extinction-level event for an organization if it’s handled wrong or unfolds at breakneck speed unaddressed. That could destroy the organization,” says Davia Temin.
During a crisis, a company’s various stakeholders must be considered, she points out, posing basic questions: “If you’re a financial firm, how does trading continue? How do you communicate with your customers? How are your people using email? Do they have access to email?”
If a call center gets hit with a tornado or hurricane, a company obviously must have contingency plans to outsource to a third-party vendor and backup data off-site. “That’s the nitty-gritty, tactical operational stuff that makes businesses work,” Temin says. That kind of planning should be going on all the time. […read more]
People Are More Likely to Cheat at the End
Daniel Yudkin, Scientific American, September 15, 2015
Life, for better or worse, is full of endings. We finish school, get a new job, sell a home, break off a relationship. Knowing that a phase is soon coming to an end can elicit the best in us, as we try to make amends for errors past and avoid last-minute regrets. But while the sense of an ending can draw out people’s finest selves, it can also, new psychological research suggests, bring out their darker side. […read more]
‘Syria is emptying’
Liz Sly, The Washington Post, September 14, 2015
A new exodus of Syrians is fueling the extraordinary flow of migrants and refugees to Europe, as Syria’s four-year-old war becomes the driving force behind the greatest migration of people to the continent since the Second World War. The continued surge through Europe prompted Hungary, Austria and Slovakia to tighten border controls Monday, a day after Germany projected that in excess of a million people could arrive by year’s end and began to impose restrictions on those entering the country. How many more Syrians could be on the way is impossible to know, but as the flow continues, their number is rising. […read more]
“You’re Dead Meat”: Cabbie Caught on Video Threatening Uber Driver, Passenger
Hudson Hongo, Gawker, September 13, 2015
Authorities in Ottawa say they’re investigating a viral video that appears to show a taxi driver berating and menacing an Uber driver and his fare. According to CBC News, the incident is just the latest confrontation between the city’s taxi drivers and Uber operators. […read more]
The Neuroscience of Immortality
Amy Harmon, The New York Times, September 12, 2015
Some neuroscientists believe it may be possible, within a century or so, for our minds to continue to function after death — in a computer or some other kind of simulation. Others say it’s theoretically impossible, or impossibly far off in the future. A lot of pieces have to fall into place before we can even begin to start thinking about testing the idea. But new high-tech efforts to understand the brain are also generating methods that make those pieces seem, if not exactly imminent, then at least a bit more plausible. […read more]
LeBron James to help Ohio parents get their GEDs
Kimberly Truong, Mashable, September 11, 2015
LeBron James, basketball star, movie star and philanthropist, announced last month that he would be helping up to 2,300 students get through school, but he’s not stopping there — he’s going to help their parents, too. James announced last week that he and his foundation, in partnership with Project Learn of Summit County, will help parents of children enrolled in the LeBron James Family Foundation’s mentorship program who want to obtain their GEDs. […read more]
High-Tech Lights to Help Baby Sleep, or Students Stay Alert
Diane Cardwell, The New York Times, September 11, 2015
Scientists have understood for years that different levels and colors of light can have powerful biological effects on humans. But that concept has been applied only with expensive bulbs — costing as much as $300,000 — for specialty applications like mimicking the 24-hour cycle for astronauts or treating jaundice in newborns. Now, with lighting technology, especially LEDs, becoming more sophisticated and less expensive, companies are developing so-called biological lighting for ordinary consumers. […read more]
Most Powerful Women
Fortune, September 11, 2015
One trillion dollars in stock market value. That’s what just the 27 CEOs on the Fortune Most Powerful Women list control. But there are 24 more women on their 18th annual list—including a special bonus pick whose name you know already. Read on to see who made it—and who didn’t. […read more]
Notre Dame President Stands Firm Amid Shifts in College Athletics
Dan Barry, The New York Times, September 10, 2015
With the advent of another football season, the accusations of student-athlete exploitation continue to unnerve higher education — the growing demand that student-athletes share in the revenue they generate; the calls for N.C.A.A. reform; the push for unionization; academic fraud, sexual assaults, seamy cover-ups. It’s that 1932 Marx Brothers movie about college football, “Horse Feathers,” only without the laughs. Nowhere are these questions of morality and justice more pressing than at Notre Dame, an academic powerhouse with a football emphasis — or a football powerhouse with an academic emphasis. […read more]