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We have two young kids — Lanye is three, Anyi is one — and we try to keep them off screens.

A few weeks ago Elmo pinged me after noticing I was sitting on an unbroken Last.fm music history going back to 2005 — 32,236 unique tracks — and pitched me on doing something with it.

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about my life, health, and priorities.

Tricky Situations.

Executive Communication.

Organization Design.

Engineers and Artists.

Setting Objectives and Measuring Performance.

Defining Management Using historical documents and some first-hand accounts from managers, we will try to agree on a definition of “management.”

Perennial favorites, Charlotte Kasl’s If the Buddha Dated, If the Buddha Married and If the Buddha Had Kids have inspired readers with their empowering balance of spiritual and psychological wisdom.

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival.

Turn the Ship Around!

We attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day – whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client.

This is a user-friendly guide to the art and science of management from Andrew S.

These are my takeaways from the McKinsey Global Institute report on the Internet of Things.