Resources for Clients and Colleagues
Most of us have the information we need to have forced on us: newsletters, professional association mailings and meetings focus on the day to day practicalities that affect our organizations and our work.
It is harder to routinely be exposed ideas that would expose us to broader issues that would make us more effective.
The following is list of suggestions of resources and organizations that can be helpful.
We will periodically add to this list and would gladly include suggestions for additions from clients and colleagues.
Most of us have the information we need to have forced on us: newsletters, professional association mailings and meetings focus on the day to day practicalities that affect our organizations and our work.
It is harder to routinely be exposed ideas that would expose us to broader issues that would make us more effective.
The following is list of suggestions of resources and organizations that can be helpful.
- World Futures Society - http://www.wfs.org - is a wonderful source of information on emerging trends across a wide range of fields. It is relatively inexpensive to join ($79) and provides publications and conferences.
- Wired Magazine - monthly magazine - http://www.wired.com -
- TED Lectures - the TED lectures cover every conceivable subject and presentations are usually good - and many are outstanding. The site - https://www.ted.com - is searchable by speaker and topic.
- The Economist - especially helpful in providing a broader global perspective on daily events around the world.
- The Conference Board - The Conference Board offers seminars and publications on a wide range of business and organizational issues. Their conferences are helpful because they draw participants from a wide range of businesses and the opportunity to learn from people in other fields can be especially valuable.
- HBR IdeaCasts - the Harvard Idea Casts are a wonderful source of ideas. Available at http://blogs.hbr.org/ideacast/
- 538 - 538 – originally named for the number of voters in the Electoral College - is Nate Silver's website. It contains data and analysis on all kinds of issues from economics to politics and sports. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
We will periodically add to this list and would gladly include suggestions for additions from clients and colleagues.