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 manager, executive coach Temin to discuss resilience, bouncing back
Deborah Trefts, The Daily Chautauquan, July 13, 2015
Some people take life’s curveballs and crises in stride; they handle adversity remarkably well. Others take longer — or seem unable — to move on. They get stuck or fall apart.
“Nobody gets out of this life unscathed,” said Davia Temin, a global reputation strategist, crisis manager and executive coach.
At 1 p.m. today at the Chautauqua Women’s Club House, Temin will give a talk titled “Resilience: Bouncing Back from Life’s Slings and Arrows,” as part of the Chautauqua Professional Women’s Network series. It will include new research about what people can do to influence their reaction to fate. […read more]
Making the Cut: Why choosing the right surgeon matters even more than you know
Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce, ProPublica, July 13, 2015
It’s conventional wisdom that there are “good” and “bad” hospitals — and that selecting a good one can protect patients from the kinds of medical errors that injure or kill hundreds of thousands of Americans each year. But a ProPublica analysis of Medicare data found that, when it comes to elective operations, it is much more important to pick the right surgeon. […read more]
The Latest: Deal Is Reached on Greece’s Debt Crisis
Niki Kitsantonis, The New York Times, July 13, 2015
Panos Kammenos, the right-wing coalition partner of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece, told reporters on Monday that his party would not support the agreement reached in Brussels, citing creditors’ demands for the transfer of 50 billion euros worth of Greek assets into a privatization fund to pay down Greek debt and tougher rules on foreclosures. […read more]
U.S. Office of Personnel Management chief Katherine Archuleta resigns over huge data breach
CBC News, July 10, 2015
A top-ranking U.S. civil servant – Katherine Archuleta, director of the federal Office of Personnel Management – bowed to bipartisan pressure and abruptly quit on Friday after hackers infiltrated her agency and stole sensitive information on 21 million people, in what is thought to have been the biggest-ever breach of U.S. government data. […read more]
Review: Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Gives Atticus Finch a Dark Side
Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times, July 10, 2015
We remember Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s 1960 classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” as that novel’s moral conscience: kind, wise, honorable, an avatar of integrity. Shockingly, in Ms. Lee’s long-awaited novel, “Go Set a Watchman,” Atticus is a racist who once attended a Klan meeting. […read more]
Outside Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds
James Risen, The New York Times, July 10, 2015
The Central Intelligence Agency’s health professionals repeatedly criticized the agency’s post-Sept. 11 interrogation program, but their protests were rebuffed by prominent outside psychologists who lent credibility to the program, according to a new report which examines the involvement of the nation’s psychologists and their largest professional organization, the American Psychological Association, with the harsh interrogation programs of the Bush era, and which raises repeated questions about the collaboration between psychologists and officials at both the C.I.A. and the Pentagon. […read more]
Council wants to ban helicopters, so industry fights back
Andrew J. Hawkins, The Insider, Crain’s New York Business, July 10, 2015
The helicopter-tour industry, facing extinction from a City Council bill that would ban their business, is releasing a poll that argues noise pollution and helicopters are nonissues among New Yorkers. […read more]
How the Nazi telegram that helped drive Hitler to suicide was nearly forgotten in a S.C. safe
Michael E. Miller, The Washington Post, July 10, 2015
It is one of the most crucial documents from the most pivotal moment in the most terrible war. A treasonous telegram from No. 2 Nazi Hermann Goering to none other than the führer himself. A message that, along with the advancing Allied troops, helped drive Adolf Hitler to swallow cyanide and shoot himself inside his underground Berlin bunker. Despite its influence on World War II, however, the memorandum ended up inside a South Carolina safe, nearly forgotten for more than a decade until a college student made it his senior thesis. […read more]
You can test all the big changes coming to Mac right now
Steve Kovach, Business Insider, July 9, 2015
Apple will have a new software update for many Mac computer models this fall called OS X El Capitan. This article’s author had a chance to test an early version and shares a quick look at what you can expect when the the new operating system is available to download. […read more]
8 Myths You Probably Believe About Procrastination
Stephanie Vozza, Fast Company, July 8, 2015
Perpetuating the lackadaisical attitude toward procrastination are the myths that surround it. Joseph Ferrari, PhD, professor of psychology at DePaul University in Chicago, shares eight misconceptions about putting things off, and offers some tips on how to reframe our thinking. […read more]