Kevin J. Delaney

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Book Briefing: 'Hidden Potential' by Adam Grant

One of our obsessions at Charter is how to achieve sustained high performance in organizations and pilot them to get stronger year after year. Research overwhelmingly shows that a key component—at odds with downsizing fads...

By Kevin J. Delaney

The Management Skills Most Valuable in the Age of AI

And the management skills that are less valuable as AI raises low-skilled workers and flattens organizations.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How to Shore Up Diversity Efforts Against Attacks

Expert recommendations for re-assessing and modifying DEI practices amid legal scrutiny and emboldened opposition.

By Kevin J. Delaney

The Sweet Spot for Hybrid Work

New research on the ideal number of days for teams to work in the same location.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How AI Requires a New Management Approach

Jared Spataro, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for Modern Work & Business Applications, on the changes coming for knowledge work and management.

By Kevin J. Delaney

"Make Something Wonderful': How Steve Jobs Communicated Purpose

This collection of Steve Jobs's words demonstrates his talent for communicating the missions of Apple and NeXT, providing valuable lessons for any current or aspiring leader.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How Incentives Really Work

The new book 'Mixed Signals' unpacks what research says about motivating performance, changing behavior, and getting better results.

By Kevin J. Delaney

What 'Deeply Responsible' Businesses Have in Common

The book 'Deeply Responsible Business' is a valuable catalog of notable efforts over the past two centuries by profit-seeking businesses to also pursue the common good.

By Kevin J. Delaney

Four Steps for Successful Reinvention in Work and Life

The new book 'Next!' by Joanne Lipman is a thought-provoking guide to figuring out the next thing.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How the Corporation Came to Be

The new book 'For Profit,' by Texas A&M law professor William Magnuson, examines the history of the corporation, wrestling with whether it serves the interests of society.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How Offices Are Using Less, Better Space

JLL's Neil Murray on where organizations can save money on office space and where they should invest.

By Kevin J. Delaney

7 Rules for Better Identity Conversations

The book 'Say the Right Thing' is a helpful guide for workplace discussions about race, gender, sexual orientation, and other aspects of individual identity.

By Kevin J. Delaney

The Best Workplace Lessons We Learned from Books This Year

Research, insights, and advice for managing yourself and your team.

By Kevin J. Delaney

What to Do When You Can't Make All Your Employees Happy

Tips for being effective at work without trying to please everyone.

By Kevin J. Delaney

7 Steps to Design a Flexible Work Arrangement

A new book by the co-founders of Slack's Future Forum offers the latest thinking on how to reimagine the 9-to-5 schedule.

By Kevin J. Delaney

How To Fix Meeting Sprawl and Transform Your Work

Kevin Delaney on how to rid yourself of unproductive meetings to regain control of your work.

By Kevin J. Delaney

Creative People See the World Differently

A new book on creativity by Matt Richtel of The New York Times covers the latest science and the stories of creators.

By Kevin J. Delaney

Asking the Right Questions and Embracing Discomfort Make Workplaces More Inclusive

The current return to office period is rife with questions about inclusion. Principal among them is how do you use the shifts around work to make workplaces more inclusive for workers of color especially? We spoke with Daisy Auger-Domínguez, who wrote the 'Inclusion Revolution' and is the chief people officer at Vice Media Group.

By Kevin J. Delaney

What Libraries Say About the Future of Offices

Discussion about how office spaces need to change often focuses on the need for better meeting and gathering space—so that hybrid workers can more easily collaborate and build social connections when in the office. But...

By Kevin J. Delaney

As Kickstarter Launches a 4-Day Workweek, Its CEO Steps Down

(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) As interest in the four-day workweek gained momentum last year, one US company’s plans to pilot such a nontraditional...

By Kevin J. Delaney
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