2. Must Reads

Must Reads

“When turmoil rules, go in.” — Lao Tzu

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.

The 23 Fortune 500 companies with all-male boards

Caroline Fairchild, Fortune, January 16, 2015

It’s 2015, and nearly 5% of Fortune 500 companies are still run by all-male boards of directors, according to a recent Fortune analysis done in collaboration with S&P Capital IQ on the gender composition of Fortune 500 boards. The good news is that the number of Fortune 500 firms with no female directors is down 54%, though progress is still slow. […read more]

Joan Didion on Driving as Secular Worship and Self-Transcendence

Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, January 16, 2015

This article’s author discusses The White Album, an essay collection about California’s freeway system, by Joan Didion, who championed driving as more-than-driving, as an experience more transcendent than simply propelling a vehicle over pavement and more present than mindlessly getting from point A to point B. […read more]

How corporate America is tackling unconscious bias

Elizabeth G. Olson, Fortune, January 15, 2015

Equality is a worthy goal—but it’s tough to achieve when unconscious bias so pervades the American workplace. Certainly women have made inroads in corporate America, but a Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday points at why women struggle to climb to the corporate world’s highest ranks—and often tone down their ideas, hide behind an agreeable facade or leave the workplace altogether. […read more]

The Fundamental Ambiguity of Being Human

Pema Chödrön, Tricycle, Fall 2012

As human beings we share a tendency to scramble for certainty whenever we realize that everything around us is in flux. In difficult times the stress of trying to find solid ground—something predictable to stand on—seems to intensify. But in truth, the very nature of our existence is forever in flux. […read more]

Speaking While Female

Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant, The New York Times, January 12, 2015

When a woman speaks in a professional setting, she walks a tightrope. Either she’s barely heard or she’s judged as too aggressive. When a man says virtually the same thing, heads nod in appreciation for his fine idea. As a result, women often decide that saying less is more. This article’s authors share their observations of why women stay quiet at work. […read more]

At Airports, a Misplaced Faith in Body Language

John Tierney, The New York Times, March 23, 2014

Like the rest of us, airport security screeners like to think they can read body language. The Transportation Security Administration has spent some $1 billion training thousands of “behavior detection officers” to look for facial expressions and other nonverbal clues that would identify terrorists. But critics say there’s no evidence that these efforts have stopped a single terrorist or accomplished much beyond inconveniencing tens of thousands of passengers a year. […read more]

So Many Earth-Like Planets, So Few Telescopes

Dennis Overbye, The New York Times, January 6, 2015

Astronomers announced on Tuesday that they had found eight new planets orbiting their stars at distances compatible with liquid water, bringing the total number of potentially habitable planets in the just-right “Goldilocks” zone to a dozen or two, depending on how the habitable zone of a star is defined. […read more]

Gibson teams up with Usain Bolt for its Trainer fitness headphones

Billy Steele, Engadget, January 5, 2015

Gibson, a company best known for its guitars, is diving into fitness audio, and it’s tapped an Olympic gold medalist to lend a hand. The company’s Trainer headphones were designed with the help of the world’s fastest man: Usain Bolt. “Gibson understands how to harness the power of music and Trainer will help anybody who cares about fitness reach their potential,” he says. […read more]