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Sean Silverthorne
Biography
Sean Silverthorne
Silverthorne has 28 years experience in print and online journalism. Before arriving at HBS, he was a senior editor at CNET and executive editor of ZDNET News. While at At Ziff-Davis, Silverthorne also worked on the daily technology TV show The Site, and was a senior editor at PC Week Inside, which chronicled the business of the technology industry. He has held several reporting and editing roles on a variety of newspapers, and was Investor Business Daily's first journalist based in Silicon Valley.
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Have a Deep Regret About Work? You Must be a Man
What is your biggest regret? Like in many things, men and women have very different feelings when it comes to career disappointments.
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Why Should the Best Job Candidates Work for You?
You can't just throw money at top performers and think that will be enough to lure them to come work for you. There needs to be something more on offer to entice the best of the best.
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Motivating Employees Who Fail to Finish
Some employees are great starters but lousy finishers. Here's a counter-intuitive approach to get them across the goal line.
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Cash is Nice, but Give Me a Medal Instead
Do mega-award competitions such as the $10 million X Prize really motivate innovators? The good news for your own innovation contest is that non-pecuniary prizes can work much better.
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Why Offices Designed for Bringing People Together Fail
Causal conversations at work promote team bonding. But as office designers have learned, it's not easy to create spaces that encourage small talk.
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Jumping the "S-Curve" to Breakthrough Success
Most companies grow slowly, with only occasional fits of innovation to fuel higher sales. Is there a way to speed up the time to The Next Big Thing?
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Is China in Your Expansion Plans? It May Already be Too Late
Planning your strategy to compete in China? Where were you three years ago? Westerners have underestimated the growth of Chinese consumerism, and are now paying the price.
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Why American Managers are the Best in the World
A global survey of 10,000 firms concludes that American companies are the best managed in the world. The secrete sauce in US management? Recognition of the importance of their employees.
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Apple's Design Lesson: Don't Do What We Do
Trying to replicate another company's success is a sure-fire way to fail at design. Turns out that great design is about much more than form and function.
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The Case for Editing Customer Reviews
Well-written reviews by customers generate more product demand than sloppy comments. Time to give your customers some grammar lessons?
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Bringing Work Home? Something's Wrong
What does it say when you are constantly taking work home? There are only two possibilities, both demanding immediate action before it's too late.
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Why People Should be Taxed Based on Age
Some economists advocate replacing the current progressive income tax with a model that taxes people based on age. If you are young, you are going to love this idea.
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The Hopeless Task of Turning Employees into SEAL Team Six
Some managers fantasize about creating their own SEAL Team Six commando unit to take on the most critical high-impact, high-risk assignments. Forget about it.
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Secrets to KFC's Dominant Success in China
KFC, which opens a restaurant a day in China, became dominant by ignoring the common wisdom for global success.
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The Best Way to Crowdsource Ideas
When it comes to collaborating over ideas, is quantity or quality better to find the Next Big Thing?
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Selling Banking Services to the World's Poor
Do the world's 4 billion people living on less than $5 a day need banking services? At least one company in South Africa has found a profitable niche by understanding the real needs of customers.
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How to Fix Your Robo-Speech
Do your speeches sound as if they are delivered by robot? Here's a tip for tailoring your talk to the audience.
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Are You Trapped by Your Own Excellence?
Many talented professionals get caught in a trap that stalls their careers. Here's how to break through the "paradox of excellence."
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How to Battle the Seductions of Success
Why do so many "leaders" such as Anthony Weiner fall to temptation? Is there anything we can do to prevent such a tragedy in our own careers and personal lives? Start with a mirror.
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Grit: Why Great Leaders Have It and You Need It
Grit, persistence, whatever you call it, is more than just working hard. It's the drive to complete the work you believe in. Successful people have grit. Do you?
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