Jeanne W. Ross

Digital Transformation Success: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 23, 2024

Digital Transformation Success: Achieving Alignment and Delivering Results with the Process Inventory Framework Michael Schank Apress Media (December 2023) A brilliant combination of macro perspectives with micro analysis Soon after I began to read this book, I was again reminded…

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Sentient Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

May 1, 2023

Sentient Strategy: How to Create Market-Dominating Strategies in Turbulent Economies Alan Weiss Routledge/An imprint of Taylor & Francis Group (March 2023) “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.”  Steven Wright In the Introduction,…

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The Executive Checklist: A book review by Bob Morris

January 7, 2023

The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change James M. Kerr Pagrave/Macmillan (2014) How to replace vague ideas about your career with strategies that will help you achieve your objectives at work and everywhere else Up front,…

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How enterprise architects need to evolve to survive in a digital world

August 26, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Oliver Bossert and Niels Van der Wildt for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign…

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Business Models for Teams: A book review by Bob Morris

July 26, 2017

Business Models for Teams: See How Your Organization Really Works and How Each Person Fits In Tim Clark and Bruce Hazen Portfolio/PenguinRandom House (June 2017) Working together, we can usually do more — and do it better was well as…

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High-Impact Human Capital Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

August 29, 2015

High-Impact Human Capital Strategy: Addressing the 12 Major Challenges Today’s Organizations Face Jack J. Phillips and Patricia Pulliam Phillips AMACOM (2015) “It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not…

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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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The Scorecard Solution: A book review by Bob Morris

January 31, 2015

The Scorecard Solution: Measure What Matters and Drive Sustainable Growth Dan E. King AMACOM (2015) How and why the Organizational Prowess Scorecard produces data that will reveal what to act on and how to prioritize actions Just about everything I…

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The Executive Checklist: A book review by Bob Morris

July 23, 2014

The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change James M. Kerr Pagrave/Macmillan (2014) How to replace vague ideas about your career with strategies that will help you achieve your objectives at work and everywhere else Up front,…

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Six Simple Rules: A book review by Bob Morris

May 19, 2014

Six Simple Rules: How to Manage Complexity without Getting Complicated Yves Morieux and Peter Tollman Harvard Business Review Press (2014) How organizations can create more value with better management of complexity by abandoning both hard and soft approaches I agree…

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