The generation of new ideas is the engine that drives successful businesses. Nowhere is this principle more obvious than in online services such as Google and Facebook, and... Read More

One of the intriguing and, in some cases, disturbing aspects of “Web 2.0” is the ability for anyone anywhere to damage the reputation of a person or company simply by... Read More

Everything most of us think we know about how nature works is wrong. In fact, the traditional or “classic” mechanical explanations for why objects behave the way they do are... Read More

While glass ceilings that keep women from rising to the top and “leering professors” and “sexist bosses” are still a concern, women are making progress in the working... Read More

In "Primal Management" Paul Herr endorses a science-based approach to managing companies. At the same time he lobbies for managers to accept and embrace the fact that employees... Read More

Doctors can’t be trusted! That is the theme of two new books. In More Harm Than Good: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Common Treatments and Procedures (AMACOM.... Read More

On September 16, 1908, the New York Times ran a lead business news story in which the White Star Line announced that construction was beginning on the world’s largest... Read More

Sales is an odd profession. Though it is the backbone of American daily commerce, there is that negative connotation to the term “seller,” as well as that fear of “being... Read More

More than forty years after his death, Kennedy remains an icon of charming and effective leadership. Although young and relatively inexperienced when elected, JFK gave the... Read More

Consumers have become accustomed to instant gratification in their daily lives. Their expectations regarding the medical industry are no different. They want instant cures and... Read More

After the dismal Confederate defeat at Gettysburg, Lee went south and fought the rest of the Civil War in the 1864 Overland Campaign, which historians have agreed was the... Read More

This is essentially a how-to book for men—more specifically, a what-to-do, how-to-do-it, and why-it’s-important book, with a lot of emphasis on the importance of empathy and... Read More