Jason Jennings

The High-Speed Company: A book review by Bob Morris

March 26, 2015

The High-Speed Company: Creating Urgency and Growth in a Nanosecond Culture Jason Jennings with Laurence Haughton Portfolio/Penguin Group (March 2015) How to accelerate personal growth and professional development in almost any organization, whatever its size or nature In one of…

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The Power and Value of a “Mind Opening Team”

March 20, 2015

In the final chapter of his latest book, The High-Speed Company, written with Larry Haughton, Jason Jennings cites a conversation in one of Kurt Vonnegut’s novels, Bluebeard, when the painter Rabo Kazrabekian listens to his neighbor, Paul Slazinger, who tells…

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Mighty Midsized Companies: A book review by Bob Morris

September 6, 2014

Mighty Midsized Companies: How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers Robert Sher Bibliomotion Books & Media (2014) How midsized companies can achieve and then sustain organizational health The most valuable business books tend to be research-driven and that is certainly…

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Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer: A book review by Bob Morris

February 27, 2013

Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus Michael A. Roberto Pearson Prentice Hall (2006) Note: I recently read this book while preparing for an interview and found its insights even more relevant and…

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The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 11, 2013

The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results Calhoun W. Wick, Roy V. H. Pollock, Andy Jefferson, and Richard Flanagan Pfeiffer/A Wiley Imprint (2003) Note: This is an excellent example of a book…

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“Which business books should every executive keep near at hand?”

December 9, 2012

Soon most of us will be exchanging holiday gifts and perhaps you’ll be asked what you would like to have. Why not suggest some business books? In my opinion, whether as a gift from someone else or one you give…

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Leapfrogging: A book review by Bob Morris

December 5, 2012

Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs Soren Kaplan Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2012) The power and value of serendipity on the other side of complexity As I began to read this book, I was reminded of an observation by…

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Leapfrogging: A book review by Bob Morris

August 19, 2012

Leapfrogging: Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs Soren Kaplan Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2012) The power and value of serendipity on the other side of complexity As I began to read this book, I was reminded of an observation by Oliver Wendell Holmes: “I wouldn’t give…

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The Reinventors: A book review by Bob Morris

May 11, 2012

The Reinventors: How Extraordinary Companies Pursue Radical Continuous Change Jason Jennings Portfolio/The Penguin Grtoup (2012) Jennings’ latest book is also his best…thus far, 10 May 2012 In fact, companies do not “pursue radical continuous change,” extraordinary executives do. As Jason…

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Different pwerspectuves on the Power of Elimination

December 26, 2011

Many years ago during an interview, Katherine Hepburn was asked the secret to the success of her career. “Elimination! I have eliminated everyone and everything from my life that interferes with what I want to do and how I want…

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