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50 Business Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

November 2, 2021

50 Business Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey (April 2018) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”  Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer) [Note: I recently re-read this book again…

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50 Business Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

April 6, 2018

50 Business Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey (April 2018) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”  Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer) This is the latest in a series…

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12 TED Talks for when you wish you could go back to college

September 6, 2015

The TED organization offers a set of videos that offer a feast to those who are passionate about personal growth and professional development. Ann Landers once observed, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Here’s good news: All TED…

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Learning to Succeed: A book review by Bob Morris

June 1, 2015

Learning to Succeed: Rethinking Corporate Education in a World of Unrelenting Change Jason Wingard AMACOM (2015) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer) According to Jason Wingard, his purpose in this book is to help…

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Confronting Capitalism: A book review by Bob Morris

April 3, 2015

Confronting Capitalism: Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System Philip Kotler AMACOM (2015) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Derek Bok In my opinion, Phil Kotler is the world’s preeminent authority on how to create or increase demand…

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Rookie Smarts: A book review by Bob Morris

November 15, 2014

Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work Liz Wiseman Harper Business (2014) Quaerere Eruditionem: Always “Seek Learning” In her previously published books, Liz Wiseman shares her thoughts about the power of multiplication, a force that…

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Fail Better: A book review by Bob Morris

October 20, 2014

Fail Better: Design Smart Mistakes and Succeed Sooner Anjali Sastry and Kara Penn Harvard Business Review Press (2014) “You can’t escape failure”: How to use it to achieve great success that would not otherwise be possible As I began to…

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Think Bigger: A book review by Bob Morris

June 16, 2014

Think Bigger: Developing a Successful Big Data Strategy for Your Business Mark van Rijmenam AMACOM (2014) Here’s a multi-dimensional paradigm shift that will become a tsunami Where to begin? This book covers so much and covers it so well that…

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ZOOM: A book review by Bob Morris

October 1, 2013

ZOOM: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career: Secrets of Superfast Success From Fortune’s 40 Under 40 Daniel Roberts and Leigh Gallagher Fortune Books/Time Home Entertainment (2013) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Derek Bok First, three introductions: Daniel…

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The Balanced Scorecard: A book review by Bob Morris

January 21, 2013

The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton Harvard Business Review Press (1996) How do you know of your organization is improving, deteriorating, or stagnant? Note: Do not be deterred by the publication date…

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