Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries

Great at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

January 31, 2018

Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More Morten Hansen Simon & Schuster (January 2018) How and why “seven practices upend conventional thinking about how you should work” Note: Every so often, I recycle a…

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The Three Distinguishing Features of a Third and (Perhaps) Better Way to Innovate

March 21, 2017

In The Power of Little Ideas, written with Kent Lineback, David Robertson introduces a low-risk, high-reward approach to innovation he characterizes as the “Third Way.” In essence, this approach is “neither incremental improvement in current products nor revolutionary [radical] disruption…

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The Four Decisions: A Simple Process for Determining How to Proceed

March 10, 2017

In The Power of Little Ideas, written with Kent Lineback, David Robertson introduces a low-risk, high-reward approach to innovation he characterizes as the “Third Way.” In essence, this approach is “neither incremental improvement in current products nor revolutionary [radical] disruption…

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The Innovator’s Hypothesis: A book review by Bob Morris

November 10, 2014

The Innovator’s Hypothesis: How Cheap Experiments Are Worth More than Good Ideas Michael Schrage The MIT Press (2014) How and why “simple, fast, cheap, smart, lean, and important experiments can supercharge any serious innovation process” As I began to read…

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Own Your Future: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2014

Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy Paul B. Brown with Charles F. Kiefer and Leonard A. Schlesinger AMACOM (2012) Here’s an “owner’s manual for having a more successful life” on the…

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Peter Sims on “Five of Steve Jobs’s Biggest Mistakes”

February 1, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Peter Sims 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 HBR…

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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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Bill George on “The Idea That Led to 10 Years of Double-Digit Growth”

November 2, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Bill George for the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click…

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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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Peter Sims: An interview by Bob Morris

May 28, 2011

Peter Sims is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur.  He is the author of  Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries, from Simon & Schuster: Free Press.  Previously, he was the co-author with Bill George of True North,  the Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek best-selling book, and…

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