Description: The author recounts his experience of switching employers and moving from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia. He offers advice for others contemplating moving to a new country.

Description: A real life situation is posed involving a management, leadership, or other business decision, and readers are invited to submit their responses to "What Would You Do?" This issue’s case study involved a tricky decision faced by a hiring manager as to whether or not to extend a job offer.

Description: Analytics, big data and predictive modeling are red-hot buzzwords and compelling mandates in the insurance industry. As the demand for analytics and big data continues to increase, how does the actuarial experience and perspective fit in? Margaret Resce Milkint of The Jacobson Group discusses the current state of the analytics field and strategies for ensuring that actuaries and their skill set remain relevant in the growing word of analytics.

Description: Book review of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen.

Description: A review of the book "The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty" by Dan Ariely. The book is about lying, cheating, stealing, and shaving the truth -- something done by everybody, but the factors influencing this can be a bit surprising.

Description: Review of the book "Common Knowledge: How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know"

Description: Interviews with industry leaders. This is the first interview of the series.

Description: Interview with James Glickman on leadership topics.

Description: The author offers his seven-word maxims for work / life balance and development of a personal leadership foundation.

Description: Summary of the excellent Abstract serve provided to M&PD section members