Henri Matisse

The Five Universal Laws of Success

March 13, 2019

In The Formula,  Albert László Barabási explains why people succeed or fail. He focuses on five “laws” and devotes a separate chapter to each.  I have presumed to add what seems to me to be an appropriate observation. 1. Performance…

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Bernhard Schroder’s Simply Briliant: A book review by Bob Morris

November 3, 2016

Simply Brilliant: Powerful Techniques to Unlock Your Creativity and Spark New Ideas Bernhard Schroeder AMACOM (October 2016) “Make everything as simple as possible but no simpler.” Albert Einstein In Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All, Tom Kelley…

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Elite Minds: A book review by Bob Morris

September 20, 2016

Elite Minds: How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success Stan Beecham McGraw-Hill (September 2016) If the mind is what the brain does, this is how and why it controls the body In the title of…

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Big Bang Disruption: A book review by Bob Morris

January 13, 2014

Big Bang Disruption: Business Survival in the Age of Constant Innovation Larry Downes and Paul Nunes Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) About these highly disruptive innovations: There’s some really great news and there’s also some really terrible news…. Those who have…

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Zig Zag: A book review by Bob Morris

April 29, 2013

Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity Keith Sawyer Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2013) Cutting edge thinking and practical advice on how to follow a path less traveled to breakthrough creativity After introducing eight “powerful, surprisingly simple” steps to creativity,…

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Julie Burstein’s Spark: A book review by Bob Morris

March 19, 2011

Spark: How Creativity Works Julie Burstein Harper/HarperCollins (2011) The process by which to “ignite” creative and innovative thinking that has breakthrough impact I have read and reviewed most of the books published during the past decade whose authors focus on…

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