
Theodore Kinni is a contributing editor of strategy+business. He also blogs at Reading, Writing re: Management and is @TedKinni on Twitter.
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Is the gig up?December 17, 2020 In her new book, Boston College professor Juliet Schor reports on the ways that the sharing economy has — and has not — lived up to its initial promise.
by Theodore Kinni
What people like you likeNovember 11, 2020 In his new book, MIT Sloan School research fellow Michael Schrage explores the powerful effects of recommendation engines and where they might lead.
by Theodore Kinni
Best Business Books 2020: ManagementNovember 9, 2020 Managing in a pandemic yearby Theodore Kinni
The fear factorOctober 29, 2020 In the right circumstances, fear can be a powerful motivating force.
by Theodore Kinni
Uncertainty on the menuOctober 16, 2020 University College London professor Vaughn Tan offers lessons in innovation from the world of high cuisine.
by Theodore Kinni
Don’t kill bureaucracy, use itSeptember 8, 2020 Bureaucracies are the scaffolding needed to implement new ideas at scale. Just remember to dismantle them when the work is done.
by Theodore Kinni
What if every job seeker got a living-wage job?August 19, 2020 Economist Pavlina R. Tcherneva demolishes the idea that there is an optimal rate of unemployment and makes a timely case for a national job guarantee.
by Theodore Kinni
Restoring craft to workAugust 4, 2020 The innate desire to do a job well has greater motivational force than any corporate purpose.
by Theodore Kinni
Fit-for-context leadershipJuly 6, 2020 Hult International Business School professor Amit Mukherjee argues that new leadership practices are needed for a digital era.
by Theodore Kinni
Making experiments payJune 2, 2020 In The Power of Experiments, Harvard Business School professors Michael Luca and Max Bazerman provide an overview of the applications, promise, and perils of corporate experimentation.
by Theodore Kinni
The general wisdom of Ulysses S. GrantMay 27, 2020 A serial failure up until the Civil War, Grant had a talent for leadership that secured the Union. His strategy and style still offer valuable lessons for today’s executives.
by Theodore Kinni
Pride and the pandemicApril 23, 2020 Will your company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic create institutional pride or destroy it?
by Theodore Kinni
Too much work, too little timeApril 15, 2020 In the new book Overload, professors Erin L. Kelly and Phyllis Moen report the results of a rigorous five-year field experiment in giving employees more control over their jobs.
by Theodore Kinni
The algorithmic trade-off between accuracy and ethicsMarch 12, 2020 In The Ethical Algorithm, two University of Pennsylvania professors explain how social values such as fairness and privacy can be designed into machines.
by Theodore Kinni
Caveat emptor, CEOMarch 6, 2020 A short list of questions can help leaders avoid the potentially harmful consequences of flawed management studies.
by Theodore Kinni
Pessimism dematerialized: Four reasons to be hopeful about the futureJanuary 16, 2020 In More from Less, MIT Sloan School of Management’s Andrew McAfee argues that the “four horsemen of the optimist” are galloping to the planet’s rescue.
by Theodore Kinni
A disappointing progress report on diversity and inclusionDecember 12, 2019 In Diversity, Inc., NYU journalism professor Pamela Newkirk revisits decades of investment in D&I, and asks why the returns have been so meager.
by Theodore Kinni
Becoming your most charismatic selfNovember 27, 2019 Some people may be born with charisma, but it turns out managers can train themselves to become more compelling leaders.
by Theodore Kinni
How to build a great experienceNovember 15, 2019 A new book by two professors provides a tool kit for designers of customer, user, and employee experiences.
by Theodore Kinni
Best Business Books 2019: ManagementNovember 5, 2019 Get real, be heard, grease the skids.by Theodore Kinni
Lucky you!November 1, 2019 Acknowledging that your success is a function of both good fortune and talent may not be flattering, but it could make you a better leader.
by Theodore Kinni
Past performance is no guarantee of future results October 18, 2019 Lessons from the past may be the only available guide for navigating the present and future, but CEOs need to take them with a grain of salt.
by Theodore Kinni
The Greatest Showman on EarthAugust 14, 2019 Robert Wilson’s biography of P.T. Barnum seeks to balance the humbug and hucksterism with business success and good works.
by Theodore Kinni
All the healthcare you can affordJuly 31, 2019 In Priced Out, economist Uwe Reinhardt asks the most taboo question in American healthcare for the last time.
by Theodore Kinni
Getting full value from external talentJuly 25, 2019 More and more leaders recognize the need to manage contingent workers, but their companies and cultures often undercut their efforts.
by Theodore Kinni
A new view of the fortune at the bottom of the digital pyramidJuly 24, 2019 In The Next Billion Users, Payal Arora reports that the global poor have similar digital motivations to everyone else.
by Theodore Kinni
Peter Drucker’s favorite leadership writerJuly 12, 2019 As leadership memoirs go, the lessons and life-and-death stakes in Anabasis by Xenophon are hard to beat.
by Theodore Kinni
Conversational computingJune 13, 2019 James Vlahos’s new book, Talk to Me, is a good starting point for exploring how voice computing could disrupt your business.
by Theodore Kinni
Managerial hubris brought down MacArthurMay 29, 2019 As the general’s example shows, too much confidence and pride are a recipe for leadership disasters.
by Theodore Kinni
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