I'm constantly emailing articles that I find interesting to my boss. He doesn't take personally because it's not ONE article to HIM.
Sometimes I email the whole team, sometimes two or three people, sometimes just him. Sometimes I want him to learn something, but instead I ask on my email, based on his extensive experience in general areas of life and stuff, what he thinks about the article. Sometimes I say "hey boss I've been reading articles about management tonight here's a dump of them", sometimes I say "hey boss remember last week when we mentioned X, well here's more, what do you think?".
Actually that's a pretty good strategy, asking "what do you think, please share your wisdom and enlighten me", or "a friend passed me this article saying it's good but I'm not sure yet, what do you think". You get the idea. This is good because the boss likes to be seen as a reference, a bastion of smartness, but it's bad because he might see you as someone who doesn't know stuff, and worse, someone who constantly admits that (some realpolitikal companies don't like this behaviour).
Sometimes I email the whole team, sometimes two or three people, sometimes just him. Sometimes I want him to learn something, but instead I ask on my email, based on his extensive experience in general areas of life and stuff, what he thinks about the article. Sometimes I say "hey boss I've been reading articles about management tonight here's a dump of them", sometimes I say "hey boss remember last week when we mentioned X, well here's more, what do you think?".
Actually that's a pretty good strategy, asking "what do you think, please share your wisdom and enlighten me", or "a friend passed me this article saying it's good but I'm not sure yet, what do you think". You get the idea. This is good because the boss likes to be seen as a reference, a bastion of smartness, but it's bad because he might see you as someone who doesn't know stuff, and worse, someone who constantly admits that (some realpolitikal companies don't like this behaviour).
Anyway, just always send stuff.