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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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Jules Pieri on how to launch almost anything: An interview by Bob Morris

June 2, 2019

Jules Pieri is Co-Founder and CEO of the product launch platform The Grommet. The company’s Citizen Commerce™ movement is reshaping how consumer products get discovered, shared, and bought. Pieri started her career as an industrial designer for technology companies and was…

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Loonshots: A book review by Bob Morris

March 31, 2019

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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Unsafe Thinking: A book review by Bob Morris

April 29, 2018

Unsafe Thinking: How to be Nimble and Bold When You Need It Most Jonah Sachs De Capo Lifelong Books/Hachette Book Group (April 2014) How and why “if you’re nervous, that’s a good spot to be in.”  Jason Klein Long ago,…

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The Power of Onlyness : A book review by Bob Morris

September 28, 2017

The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World Nilofer Merchant Viking/An imprint of Penguin Random House (August 2017) “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” Margaret Mead To what does…

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How to Be Unreasonable — in a Reasonable Way

April 15, 2017

In Fast/Forward, Julian Birkinshaw and Jonas Ridderstråle observe that “the formulae for success that worked in prior decades offer only very limited insights into what might work in the future. This is because the business context keeps changing: not in…

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How to Be Unreasonable — in a Reasonable Way

April 12, 2017

In Fast/Forward, Julian Birkinshaw and Jonas Ridderstråle observe that “the formulae for success that worked in prior decades offer only very limited insights into what might work in the future. This is because the business context keeps changing: not in…

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Scott D. Anthony on Generating and Then Launching Great Ideas: An interview by Bob Morris

April 6, 2015

Scott D. Anthony is the managing partner of Innosight, a global strategic innovation consulting and investment firm. Based in the firm’s Singapore offices since 2010, he has led Innosight’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific region as well as its venture capital…

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Denise Lee Yohn: An interview by Bob Morris

May 12, 2014

Blending a fresh perspective, twenty-five years of experience, and a talent for inspiring audiences, Denise Lee Yohn is a leading authority on building and positioning exceptional brands. She initially cultivated her brand-building approaches through several high-level positions in advertising and…

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Idea to Invention: A book review by Bob Morris

January 27, 2014

Idea to Invention: What You Need to Know to Cash In On Your Inspiration Patricia Nolan-Brown AMACOM (2014) “Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.” Howard…

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