Lisa Bodell

Why Simple Wins: A book review by Bob Morris

October 30, 2016

Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters Lisa Bodell Bibliomotion (October 2016) How and why simplification can “dramatically improve results [whereas] complexity can accelerate a company’s death knell.” In all business operations, simplicity is…

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How to Encourage Your Team to Take More Risks

December 4, 2014

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Innovation requires a tolerance for risk-taking and learning from failure.…

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Beyond the Brainstorm

December 1, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Lisa Bodell for strategy+business, published by strategy&, formerly Booz & Company. She challenges conventional wisdom as to how and where the most promising ideas are generated. To read the complete article,…

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Kill the Company: A book review by Bob Morris

November 21, 2014

Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution Lisa Bodell Bibliomotion (2012) How to envision the future you want to create, make the necessary connections, and meanwhile engage in assumption reversal Obviously, it would be idiotic to…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 9/23/13)

September 29, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Feed the Startup Beast: A 7-Step Guide to Big, Hairy, Outrageous Sales Growth Drew Williams and Jonathan Verney What Happened to…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 9/16/13)

September 22, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS A Life In Leadership: From D-Day to Ground Zero: An Autobiography John Whitehead The Art of Business: In the Footsteps of…

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Lisa Bodell on “The Most Lethal Culture Killers”

September 17, 2013

In her recently published book, Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution (Bibliomotion 2013), Lisa Bodell suggests there are three kinds of culture: robust (“zombie-free”), negative, and complacent. She also identifies five especially lethal “culture killers”:…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 8/19/13)

August 25, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Business of Belief: How the World’s Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders Get Us to…

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How Do You Create Innovation in Your Business? Kill the Company

August 24, 2013

Here is a brief portion of an interview of Lisa Bodell by Raul Candeloro in an article written by Glenn Burr for the Inc. Small Giants Community (ISGC). To read the complete article, check out other resources, and learn more…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 6/10/13)

June 16, 2013

  I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Stiletto Network: Inside the Women’s Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business Pamela Ryckman Leadership Sustainability: Seven Disciplines…

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