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.
The Seven Skills You Need to Thrive in the C-Suite
Boris Groysberg, Harvard Business Review, March 18, 2014
What executive skills are most prized by companies today? How has that array of skills changed in the last decade, and how is it likely to change in the next ten years? To find out, this article’s author surveyed senior consultants in 2010 at a top-five global executive-search firm. And in this article he shares the seven C-level skills and traits companies prize most. […read more]
School Finds Music Is the Food of Learning
Elizabeth A. Harris, The New York Times, December 19, 2014
At Voice Charter School in Queens – where students learn to read music, execute complicated harmonies and play a little piano in the music classes they attend at least once a day, and where, far more than in other general education schools, they learn to sing, sing, sing – students have outperformed their peers academically. […read more]
Robert Thurman: Love Your Enemy
Robert Thurman, Big Think, December 19, 2014
In this Big Think video, Robert Thurman explains how loving your enemies is not an abstract idea but rather a practice that allows us to appreciate that everyone, including our enemies, wants to be happy. He says that instead of reflexively categorizing people as bad and wasting our energy by fighting them, we can elevate kindness and compassion “as the strengths they really are.” […read more]
Buffett Reminds His Top Managers: Reputation Is Everything
Erik Holm and Anupreeta Das, The Wall Street Journal, December 19, 2014
Warren Buffett’s “All-Stars” are getting their biennial reminder this month that they need to guard Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s reputation–and plan for the future. Mr. Buffett, who’s run Berkshire for the past five decades, sends a memo every other year to the managers of each of Berkshire’s 80-plus subsidiaries that emphasizes those two points. […read more]
3D printed legs help disabled dog run for the first time
Caitlin Dickson, Yahoo! News, December 18, 2014
By now, the heartwarming video of Derby the dog running for the first time in his life thanks to 3D-printed prosthetic legs has officially gone viral. But Derby, a rescue dog who was born with disabled and deformed front legs, isn’t the only one excited about his fancy new limbs. While 3D printers have been used to make replacement limbs for humans, Derby is the first animal to be successfully outfitted with 3D-printed prosthetics. […read more]
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Madeleine L’Engle on Creativity, Hope, Getting Unstuck, and How Studying Science Enriches Art
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, December 18, 2014
This article’s author discusses “one of the most foundational texts on creativity ever published,” pioneering psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s 1996 book Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention — which sheds light on why “psychological androgyny” is essential to creative genius and is also a precious time-capsule of insights by some of the twentieth century’s most visionary artists, writers, and scientists, many no longer alive — spotlighting writer Madeleine L’Engle — a woman who started writing at the age of five and spent the remainder of her life daring to disturb the universe with her beloved children’s books, brimming with characters who emerge from hardship not embittered but emboldened to live with grace, compassion, and forgiveness. […read more]
American Apparel Executives Call for Charney’s Return
Matt Townsend, Bloomberg, December 17, 2014
Paula Schneider, American Apparel Inc. incoming chief executive officer, hasn’t even started work yet and she’s already facing a group of disgruntled managers. More than 30 executives asked the board to reconsider their decision to fire former CEO and company founder Dov Charney, according to a letter obtained by Bloomberg News. Charney should be a part of the retailer’s future by helping the next CEO improve the chain because he is what “makes this thing tick,” the managers said.
Charney’s loyalists bring an additional headache to a new CEO already coping with red ink and sluggish sales. The chain has racked up more than $300 million in net losses since 2010, forcing it to raise capital to make ends meet — most recently in July. Schneider also has to contend with image problems at a company that’s been criticized for its racy advertising and sexually charged culture.
Bringing in a woman with a lot of experience may help repair American Apparel’s public image, said Davia Temin, founder of Temin & Co., a New York crisis-management firm. “From a reputation point of view, it’s a good choice,” Temin said. “It’s probably the only choice they had, doing something drastic.” […read more]
The most talked-about speeches of 2014
Anne Fisher, Fortune, December 17, 2014
What makes some presentations go viral, shared by millions on social media? This article’s author shares Toastmasters International’s annual list of seven talks that got the most buzz. […read more]
“American Apparel Executives Call for Charney’s Return”
Paula Schneider, American Apparel Inc.’s incoming chief executive officer, hasn’t even started work yet and she’s already facing a group of disgruntled managers. But, according to Davia Temin, “Bringing in a woman with a lot of experience may help repair American Apparel’s public image.” — Bloomberg […read more]
Crisis of the Week: Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut
Ben DiPietro, The Wall Street Journal’s Risk & Compliance Journal, December 15, 2014
This week’s crisis assignment is nuts—literally. We asked our experts to look into how Korean Air Lines Co. handled the incident in which Cho Hyun-ah, a company executive vice president—and daughter of the airline’s chairman—ordered a plane that was set to take off back to the terminal after one of the flight attendants failed to follow the airline’s protocol for serving macadamia nuts.
The incident, which required the plane to return to the terminal and delayed takeoff by 20 minutes, led to extensive criticism of the airline, the resignation of the woman and an apology by the airline’s chairman, Cho Yang-ho, who said the incident reflected on his failures as a father. It also led to a sharp increase in sales of macadamia nuts.
Davia Temin, president and chief executive, Temin and Co.: “Mixed messaging rarely works when issuing an institutional apology. And since, these days, perception usually trumps reality, it really doesn’t matter much whether the mistake made was nuanced–the apology can not be. To assuage rampant public outrage on social media, and this new ‘mean age’ we are all living in, a public apology must be clear, seemingly heartfelt, and unequivocal. That is exactly what Korean Airlines did not do.” […read more]