Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

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Scott McLeod

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Buckingham & Coffman. (1999). First, break all the rules: What the world’s greatest managers do differently.

A really, really great book for leaders and change agents.

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Hungry or horny? Whale makes record swim halfway across planet

In 8,000-mile journey, a male humpback ditches Colombia for Tanzania — however, scientists don’t know why he made the trip.

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5 ways to rapidly improve your company culture

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AI skeptic Gary Marcus on AI’s moral and technical shortcomings

The cognitive scientist argues the current AI environment is failing us as consumers and a society. But it’s not too late to change course.

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