The Corrosive Nature of Over-Introducers

So true. I have a couple people in my life that fall prey to this.

Japan’s Newest Technology Innovation: Priest Delivery

Order a priest off Amazon? Say it ain't so.

Small talk should be banned - here's why

Small talk prevails because of the need to find a socially acceptable topic. But when it's removed, it changes the game.

Read more in WIRED. Thanks +Lucy McKinstry 

How to Become a C.E.O.? The Quickest Path Is a Winding One

"New evidence shows that a mix of skills, especially technology skills, counts more than simply long experience in one specialty." An excerpt:

These are some of the big findings in a new study of 459,000 onetime management consultants by the social network LinkedIn. Experience in one additional functional area improved a person’s odds of becoming a senior executive as much as three years of extra experience. And working in four different functions had nearly the same impact as getting an M.B.A. from a top-five program.

Good news for (courageous) job switchers:

And two business school professors, Jennifer Merluzzi of Tulane and Damon J. Phillips of Columbia, studied hundreds of graduates of an elite M.B.A. program who went into investment banking. The people who were specialists — who had focused only on banking in the past — received fewer offers and lower starting bonuses than those who had worked across various specialties.

Read more in the NYT.  Thanks, +Ted Sumers 

HBS ranks #1 for number of female founders backed by VCs

Read more in Fortune.

The Cost of Holding On

Read more in the NYT.

Nice find, +Caitlin Strandberg 

Naval Academy to name cyber center for 'mother of computing'

Grace Hopper. Read more in the Capital Gazette.

Gates Says Altered Mosquito Is Next Weapon to Fight Malaria

Are we ready to take over the genetic blueprints of the lives on Earth? It's possible with CRISPER and gene drives. Read more in Bloomberg.