Hargreaves Leaves FiscalNote to Start Rush River Media

I was speaking Friday with a new member, Dan Grech, founder and lead instructor of BizHack Academy—we'll publish a Q&A with him soon; he's an interesting guy. I liked a lot of what he told me, but two things stood out.

In The Washington Post magazine Sunday, they asked John Rice, founder of Management Leadership for Tomorrow, if he could have come up with a catchier name. "We talk about our name and how it's descriptive but dull! For a nonprofit organization, we should have a pithy one-word description. We haven't come up with one."

"During my early years in the company, I was fairly analytical in how I approached most situations. And although that served a purpose, I later realized that you can be much more effective if you recognize the importance of people in business. The sooner you learn about reading people, listening to others and building relationships, the sooner you will be more effective."

Adam Steltzner, a rocket scientist for the NASA Mars rover missions, opened ASAE's Technology Conference & Expo this week and spoke about brainstorming. After spearheading the successful Mars Rover landing in 2012, he learned this:

Chief Executive Group Acquires Corporate Board Member Magazine

Brittany Carter's ascendancy to president of Columbia Books & Information Services (CBIS)—announced earlier this month—probably took its biggest step late last year. At that time, she became the driving force behind a decision to restructure the company after some acquisitions. Ten new staff teams were created based on the industries they represented.

Columbia Books & Information Services began as a directory publisher, then moved into databases, and then started acquiring several companies in distress. They went from a successful, small-staffed, two-industry company to a very successful,30-staff, 10-industry one.

"There is no one silver bullet as to what leadership will look like," said Jared Weiner, executive vice president and chief strategy officer, Future Hunters, a leading futurist consulting firm. He gave three key characteristics for leadership: