All articles by Theodore Kinni

In The Next Billion Users, Payal Arora reports that the global poor have similar digital motivations to everyone else.

As leadership memoirs go, the lessons and life-and-death stakes in Anabasis by Xenophon are hard to beat.

James Vlahos’s new book, Talk to Me, is a good starting point for exploring how voice computing could disrupt your business.

As the general’s example shows, too much confidence and pride are a recipe for leadership disasters.

In his new book, UNC-Charlotte professor Steven Rogelberg offers an evidence-based guide to holding better meetings.

No purpose? No problem. Create customers, care for employees, be a good citizen, and make money instead.

In his new book, Harvard Business School prof Gary Pisano offers senior leaders a three-part solution to the innovation challenge.

What the business world can learn about career success and longevity from rock virtuoso Jeff Beck.

In her new book, psychology professor Michele Gelfand explains some of the differences between social groups, and the conflicts that erupt among them.

Most employees follow their lead — maybe more CEOs should too.

Tuck School of Business professor Richard D’Aveni proposes a technology-driven vision of manufacturing dominance.

The management philosophy of the CEO who disrupted Big Steel is as relevant today as it was 20 years ago.

Conflict resolution expert Donna Hicks explores the poorly understood and underutilized power of dignity.

Revising the Managerial Playbook. See also Top Shelf Picks: Best Business Books 2018.

Waiting to make a choice can lead to more effective outcomes.

Professors Vijay Govindarajan and Ravi Ramamurti offer U.S. healthcare providers a prescription for reverse innovation from India.

Nuanced findings in network science suggest that the conventional wisdom about diffusing new ideas may hinder, not help, their spread.

In their new book, a trio of Rotman School professors demystify artificial intelligence for business leaders.

There are lots of whimsical ways to stay grounded, but simply walking around the workplace is still the best.

Sowing seeds of confusion and discord is no way to run an organization.

In his exuberant new book, the management guru sums up 50 years of experience with exhortations to pursue excellence.

It’s not your job to cure procrastinators. Your job is to get them to do their jobs.

The more complex and tightly coupled the system, say authors Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik, the more urgent the need to manage the risk of meltdowns.

In his new book, Andrew Santella explores procrastination, and why it is that whenever there is a job to do, you can count on someone putting it off. See also “Summer Reading: 8 Business Books – in Pictures”

History professor Jerry Muller reminds us that not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. See also “Summer Reading: 8 Business Books – in Pictures”

Management guru Jeffrey Pfeffer argues that modern management practices are making employees sick.

Fealty is something leaders have to earn.

We want our leaders to be decisive, proactive, and undaunted — but only to a point.

Best-selling author Daniel Pink analyzes more than 700 studies to reveal the science of perfect timing. See also “Summer Reading: 8 Business Books – in Pictures”

Be honest, play fair, and do what you say you are going to do.