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A new study suggests that when it comes to teaching difficult subjects, the method of instruction is more important than the teacher. The study headed by Nobel Prize recipient Carl Wieman pitted a highly rated veteran professor using a traditional lecture approach against a graduate student that interacted…

LEADERSHIP In Managing Change to Reduce Resistance, Lila Booth, writes, “A change process must be participatory in order to succeed. People need a chance to express their assessment of the current situation, their hopes and anxieties about the process, their recommendations about how to proceed.” --…

FLEXIBILITY The name Levi Strauss is synonymous with blue jeans in American culture. But the man by that name wasn't thinking about jeans when he went to California in hopes of making his fortune during the gold strike of the 1840s and 50s. He did make a fortune, but not the way he had planned. He set…