John Seely Brown

The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2023

The Leader’s Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative, Revised and Updated Steven Denning Jossey-Bass (2011) How and Why Storytelling Skills Give So Many Leaders a Decisive Competitive Advantage Those who have read Denning’s The Springboard and/or…

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Creation nets: Getting the most from open innovation

October 3, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from another “classic” article written by John Seely Brown and John Hagel III for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm,…

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The Social Life of Information: A book review by Bob Morris

April 6, 2017

The Social Life of Information John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid Harvard Business Review Press (March 2017) How and why “the ability of information and its technologies [continue] to change the social world for the better” This is an updated…

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Internet of Things—Unlocking the Business Value of Connected Devices

January 7, 2015

In a report they co-authored for Deloitte’s Center for the Edge, co-founders John Hagel III and John Seely Brown share their insights concerning of the most promising and yet least understood shifts in disruptive technology: the “Internet of Things.” To…

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The lifetime learner: A journey through the future of postsecondary education

December 18, 2014

In an article co-authored by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, Roy Mathew, Maggie Wooll, and Wendy Tsu, they suggest that the increasingly disparate needs and expectations of individual learners are fueling the growth of a rich ecosystem of semi-structured,…

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How to cultivate worker passion as a cornerstone of talent development

October 17, 2014

Here’s the latest email alert from the Deloitte Center for the Edge. To learn more about the Center and Deloitte LLC, please click here. * * * Up to 88 percent of America’s workforce is not able to contribute to…

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How Drucker Thought About Complexity

July 12, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Hagel III for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 3/11/13)

March 17, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Can’t Buy Me Like: How Authentic Customer Connections Drive Superior Results Bob Garfield and Doug Levy The Future Arrived Yesterday: The…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 3/4/13)

March 10, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: REVIEWS Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Finding Keepers: The Monster…

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Pragmatic Pathways to Fundamental, Long-Term Change

March 8, 2013

Resistance to change can doom large-scale organizational transformation. One way to help make success more likely is through a series of smaller moves, smartly made—following Pragmatic Pathways to fundamental, long-term change. In today’s business environment, there is enormous pressure on…

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