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Robbie Kellman Baxter: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

May 5, 2015

Robbie Kellman Baxter created the popular business term “Membership Economy.” She is the founder of Peninsula Strategies LLC, a strategy consulting firm. The Peninsula Strategies website is www.peninsulastrategies.com. Her clients have included large organizations like Netflix, SurveyMonkey and Yahoo!, as…

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Robbie Kellman Baxter: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

April 30, 2015

Robbie Kellman Baxter created the popular business term “Membership Economy.” She is the founder of Peninsula Strategies LLC, a strategy consulting firm. The Peninsula Strategies website is www.peninsulastrategies.com. Her clients have included large organizations like Netflix, SurveyMonkey and Yahoo!, as…

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Edward (Ned) Hallowell, MD, on Stress in the Workplace: A second interview by Bob Morris

March 8, 2015

Edward (Ned) Hallowell, MD, a child and adult psychiatrist, is a New York Times bestselling author, world-renowned speaker and leading authority in the field of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He is a graduate of Harvard College and Tulane Medical…

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David and Goliath: A book review by Bob Morris

October 9, 2013

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown and Company (2013) Flawed reasoning skills detract from interesting stories about underdogs I have read and reviewed all of Malcolm Gladwell’s previous books and consider…

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Eric von Hippel on Democratizing Innovation: An interview by Tom Austin for Gartner, Inc.

September 23, 2013

Here is an excerpt from Tom Austin’s interview of Eric von Hippel during which they discuss his book, Democratizing Innovation. This seminal book — based on a broad base of academic research — explores how users have been driving the…

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We Are One With the Sun

July 29, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Josie Glausiusz in which she explains that, during the summer Soltice in England, she realized that we are all one with the Sun and “we” includes druids as well as…

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The Bombmaker’s Burden

July 18, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from Shirley Streshinsky‘s review of Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center, written by Ray Monk and published by Doubleday. She explains why winning the atomic race failed to bring Oppenheimer peace of mind. She…

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Our Artful Brain

June 18, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Priscilla Long in which she explains what it takes to take in, say, a Picasso. It was published by The American Scholar, the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs,…

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How To Make Your Employees Happier

February 4, 2013

Here is an abbreviated version of an article written by Anne Kreamer and featured in Fast Company magazine. As she explains, workplace happiness increases productivity, stimulates creativity, and makes employees more willing to take risks. She examines how some executives…

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William Deresiewicz on “The Disadvantages of an Elite Education”

January 16, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article in The American Scholar written by William Deresiewicz. He asserts that our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers The American Scholar is the…

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