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Collective Genius: A book review by Bob Morris

November 7, 2022

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Valuable perspectives on the role of the leader in creating and then sustaining a culture within which…

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The Unicorn Within: A book review by Bob Morris

October 30, 2022

The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed Linda K. Yates Harvard Business Review Press (October 2022) Here’s a “learnable, repeatable, scalable process for disrupting from the inside out” To what does the title of this…

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How to Zoom Your Room: A book review by Bob Morris

June 28, 2022

How to Zoom Your Room: Room Rater’s Ultimate Style Guide Claude Taylor and Jessie Bahrey, with Illustrations by Chris Morris Voracious/An imprint of Little, Brown & Company (June 2021) Why “zoom a room”? Up front, I acknowledge with pride and…

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The Unfair Advantage: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2022

The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba St. Martin’s Press (June 2022) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right. “ Henry Ford The title and…

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HBR Guide to Leading Teams

May 24, 2022

HBR Guide to Leading Teams Mary Shapiro Harvard Business Review Press (2015) “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams Note: The material in this volume…

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METASKILLS: A book review by Bob Morris

April 20, 2022

METASKILLS: Five Talents for the Robotic Age Marty Neumeier New Riders (2012) A brilliant examination of superior thinking by a superior thinker Note: There are a few books that I re-read at least once year because they have had such…

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Loonshots: A book review by Bob Morris

April 19, 2022

Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries Safi Bahcall St. Martin’s Press (March 2019) If an idea doesn’t sound loony, it probably needs much more development…and protection. In this compellingly entertaining as…

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Collective Genius: A book review by Bob Morris

December 19, 2021

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Valuable perspectives on the role of the leader in creating and then sustaining a culture within which…

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Monopolies & Tech Giants: Insights from HBR: A book review by Bob Morris

November 27, 2021

Monopolies & Tech Giants: Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2020) How those threatened by tech “giants” can compete with them in a VUCA marketplace This is one of the first volumes…

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Recommendation Engines: A book review by Bob Morris

December 12, 2020

Recommendation Engines (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Michael Schrage The MIT Press (September 2020) How and why recommendation engines can help to create more valuable people I have not read in recent years a more entertaining or a more…

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