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Driving Digital Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

August 5, 2021

Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business Sunil Gupta Harvard Business Review Press (August 2018) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith In fact, I am convinced that what got you here won’t even allow…

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Leading with purpose and humanity: A conversation with Hubert Joly

June 30, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an interview of Hubert Joly, Best Buy’s former chairman and CEO, for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and…

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Kill the Company: A book review by Bob Morris

November 21, 2014

Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution Lisa Bodell Bibliomotion (2012) How to envision the future you want to create, make the necessary connections, and meanwhile engage in assumption reversal Obviously, it would be idiotic to…

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Donald N. Thompson: An interview by Bob Morris

July 10, 2012

Don Thompson is an economist and professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto. He has taught at Harvard Business School and the London School of Economics. He is author of nine books, including The $12 Million Stuffed Shark:…

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Don’t Let What You Know Limit What You Imagine

February 20, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by William C. Taylor for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts,…

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How to make the most of uncertainty

January 28, 2012

    Here is an excerpt from another “classic” article featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, and written by Hugh Courtney. To read the complete article, check out the abundance of other free resources, obtain…

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Workforce of One: A book review by Bob Morris

July 14, 2011

Workforce of One: Revolutionizing Talent Management Through Customization Susan M. Cantrell and David Smith Harvard Business Press (2010) According to Susan M. Cantrell and David Smith, the single most important factor contributing to superior business results is how supported employees…

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Brand Relevance: A book review by Bob Morris

July 6, 2011

Brand Relevance: Making Competitors Irrelevant David A. Aaker Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons (2011) If your “brand” isn’t relevant, neither are you and your company Those who have read any of David Aaker’s previous books already know that he presents information,…

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David A. Aaker: An interview by Bob Morris

July 3, 2011

In his own words: “My passion is understanding brands and helping firms build brands and brand portfolios. My first brand book, Managing Brand Equity defined brand equity and set forth its value to a firm and its customers. The second, Building Strong Brands, described…

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Wikibrands: A book review by Bob Morris

March 24, 2011

Wikibrands: Reinventing Your Company in a Custiner-Driven Marketplace Sean Moffitt and Mike Dover McGraw-Hill (2011) How the new levers of brand development achieve customer participation What is the meaning of the noun “wikibrand(s)”? According to Sean Moffitt and Mike Dover,…

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