One of the more shocking bits of research I have come across was a study by the Boston Research Group, which surveyed thousands of employees at all levels across the US. The study showed that close to 97 % 0f employees felt they operated in top-down, command and control systems.

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Having said that, one finding from a small study I did a year ago was that all companies have a period in the innovation doldrums.

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But despite Lincoln's largely unknown and forgotten "Wee-man-cipation Proclamation" -- which I may have just completely made up -- a recent study appears to have proven this belief scientifically incorrect.

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This includes large swaths of the Great Plains, the Gulf Coast and the Intermountain West, three regions that, as I point out in a recent Manhattan Institute study, have withstood the great recession far better than the rest of the country.

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In keeping with the theory that Mr. Market will do the exact opposite of what the majority expects, I read a recent study that in going back to 1977, there have been 14 bond-market rallies of 10% or more that lasted at least four months.

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In a study of a large university hospital, my colleagues and I found that more than a fifth of the medical mishaps reported in the study could have been prevented if someone had been willing to risk having a difficult conversation.

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