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The Risk-Driven Business Model: Four Questions That Will Define Your Company

Karan Girotra Click Here To Listen   Professors at the international graduate business school INSEAD, Girotra and Netessine identify two new types of risk created by an organization’s business model: information risk, which requires decision making without sufficient information; and incentive-alignment risk, which leads to actions that clash with the interests of a value chain. The authors stress that being mindful of these risks and making small modifications to an existing business model can create significant competitive differences. To that end, they present the four W’s for designing better business models, which examine what decisions are made, when they are made, who makes them, and why they are made. Girotra and Netessine also explore the [...]

By |July 16th, 2014|Business, Leadership|Comments Off on The Risk-Driven Business Model: Four Questions That Will Define Your Company
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success By Carol Dweck

Carol Dweck Click Here To Listen World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea–the power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it’s not just our abilities and talent that bring us success–but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn’t foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals–personal and professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea [...]

By |July 16th, 2014|Science, Self-Help, Spirituality|Comments Off on Mindset: The New Psychology of Success By Carol Dweck
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First Team Dad: Your Playbook For A Winning Family By J. Drew Pittman chats with Dr. Alvin

J Drew Pittman Click Here To Listen Competitive sports are filled with lessons about motivation, perseverance, hard work, and collaboration—and these lessons are surprisingly transferable to everyday life. Yet few men apply these principles to the most important arena they'll ever play in: the home. A man doesn't need to be a professional athlete to learn and use these lessons. The "game changers" Drew Pittman shares can improve family life and help every man create a winning team. Simple and practical insights including: Constructing a solid game plane Building a culture of accountability Encouraging creativity Harnessing the power of encouragement And many more

By |July 16th, 2014|Business, Gospel, Leadership, Men, Sports|Comments Off on First Team Dad: Your Playbook For A Winning Family By J. Drew Pittman chats with Dr. Alvin
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Blacklist by Jerry Ludwig chats with Dr. Alvin

Jerry Ludwig Click Here To Listen Today, people point fingers and shout, “terrorist!” Not long ago, the accusation was “Communist!” Many who testified before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee said they did so out of desperation and fear. Those who refused to speak were fired or blacklisted. Others fled rather than betray friends…or their belief in American liberty. David Weber and Jana Vardian were Hollywood’s golden children; their fathers, successful screenwriters, mingled with stars and studio moguls. Then HUAC shattered their idyll, sending David and his parents into exile in Europe; Jana’s father testified and soon became a famous director. Returning to Los Angeles as an adult to bury his father, David comes to the [...]

By |July 15th, 2014|Entertainment, Fiction, Law, Politics|Comments Off on Blacklist by Jerry Ludwig chats with Dr. Alvin
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The Secret Life of Violet Grant By Beatriz Williams chats with Dr. Alvin

Beatriz Williams-Violet Grant Click Here To Listen Manhattan, 1964. Vivian Schuyler, newly graduated from Bryn Mawr College, has recently defied the privilege of her storied old Fifth Avenue family to do the unthinkable for a budding Kennedy-era socialite: break into the Madison Avenue world of razor-stylish Metropolitan magazine. But when she receives a bulky overseas parcel in the mail, the unexpected contents draw her inexorably back into her family’s past, and the hushed-over crime passionnel of an aunt she never knew, whose existence has been wiped from the record of history. Berlin, 1914. Violet Schuyler Grant endures her marriage to the philandering and decades-older scientist Dr. Walter Grant for one reason: for all his faults, he provides the necessary support to [...]

By |July 15th, 2014|Fiction, History|Comments Off on The Secret Life of Violet Grant By Beatriz Williams chats with Dr. Alvin
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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local – And Helped Save An American Town By Beth Macy chats with Dr. Alvin

Beth Macy Click Here To Listen   With over $500 million a year in sales, the Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for a century, it was also the center of life in Bassett, Virginia -- an unincorporated town that existed solely to fuel the business. But beginning in the 1980s, the Bassett company suffered from an influx of cheap Asian furniture as the first wave of imports struck, and ultimately moved nearly all its production to Asia. Only one man fought back: John Bassett III, a shrewd and determined third-generation factory man who used grit, tenacity, and will to compete against China [...]

By |July 15th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, Business|Comments Off on Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local – And Helped Save An American Town By Beth Macy chats with Dr. Alvin
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Zoo Animals & Their Discontents By Dr. Vint Virga chats with Dr. Alvin

Vint Virga Click Here To Listen My mission is to help people learn the art of careful observation, taking the time to watch and listen, that we may open our minds and hearts to our animal companions and the world we share with them. To appreciate the world from the perspective of animals, we must first seek to perceive the world through their senses – their vision, hearing, sense of smell, sensitivity to touch – and recognize how these differ from ours. When we embrace animals’ perspectives, we can learn how to walk better attuned to those around us. As we recognize our similarities across species, we can bring greater awareness and sensitivity to our [...]

By |July 15th, 2014|Animals, Science|Comments Off on Zoo Animals & Their Discontents By Dr. Vint Virga chats with Dr. Alvin
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Behind The Curtain: An Insider’s View Of Jay Leno’s Tonight Show By Dave Berg chats with Dr. Alvin

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By |July 15th, 2014|Biography, Entertainment, Television|Comments Off on Behind The Curtain: An Insider’s View Of Jay Leno’s Tonight Show By Dave Berg chats with Dr. Alvin
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