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Payoff: A book review by Bob Morris

January 19, 2017

Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations Dan Ariely TED Books (November 2016) How and why people can have perpetual energy by investing in “a sense of connection, meaning, ownership, and long-term thinking” In Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded…

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Innovation Springs from the Unexpected Meeting of Minds

April 22, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Beth Comstock for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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Invaluable Life Lessons from the Crucible of Human Experience

April 3, 2015

I am grateful to Erik Michielsen for letting me know about Capture Your Flag and its Near Peer resources. Briefly, a Near Peer is someone who has recently been through a situation you are facing now. Their story is your…

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The Golden Age of Neuroscience Has Arrived

August 28, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article by Micio Kaku for the Wall Street Journal in which he shares his thoughts about the fact that we have learned more about the thinking brain in the last 10-15 years than in…

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Bunker Hill: A book review by Bob Morris

July 8, 2013

Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution Nathaniel Philbrick Viking/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House (2013) “In the end, the city of Boston is the true hero of this story.” The historical details are by now well-known but many…

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Elizabeth Bowling on “Leaning In” to a New Career

June 8, 2013

According to Dan Bowling, “We have a guest blogger this week at “Psychology at Work.” She is a recent honors graduate from Duke University and is preparing to move to Manhattan to start a new life and career. I asked…

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