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The Strategy Book: A book review by Bob Morris

January 31, 2020

The Strategy Book: How to think and act strategically to deliver outstanding results Max McKeown Pearson (2020) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter Not everyone agrees with Michael Porter’s assertion. Those who do include…

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Draw to Win: A book review by Bob Morris

September 18, 2016

Draw to Win: A Crash Course on How to Lead, Sell, and Innovate With Your Visual Mind Dan Roam Portfolio/Penguin (September 2016) “Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he…

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Creating Cultures of Thinking: A book review by Bob Morris

March 16, 2016

Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master to Truly Transform Our Schools Ron Ritchhart Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2016) “Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.” Pablo Picasso As I began to read…

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Strategy That Works: A book review by Bob Morris

February 9, 2016

Strategy That Works: How Winning Companies Close the Strategy-to-Execution Gap Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi with Art Kleiner Harvard Business Review Press (2016) How and why getting strategy and execution in cohesive alignment “is a worthwhile legacy for any leader…

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Divine Fury: A book review by Bob Morris

January 15, 2014

Divine Fury: A History of Genius Darrin McMahon Basic Books (2014) A brilliant analysis of “the emergence of the genius as a figure of extraordinary privilege and power” Before reading this book for the first time, I checked out the…

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David Burkus on “Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and the unconscious creative mind”

November 12, 2013

In his latest book, The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas, David Burkus dispels ten myths, including The Eureka Myth: “the notion that all creative ideas arrive in a ‘eureka’ moment.” The…

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Dan Pontefract: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

September 9, 2013

Dan Pontefractis the author of Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization. He also holds the role of Head of Learning & Collaboration at TELUS where he is responsible for the overarching leadership development, learning and collaboration strategy for…

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Dan Pontefract: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

September 2, 2013

Dan Pontefract is the author of Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization. He also holds the role of Head of Learning & Collaboration at TELUS where he is responsible for the overarching leadership development, learning and collaboration strategy…

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The Creative Mindset: Classic Insights

April 15, 2013

These are among my personal favorites. Please share yours. o “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Edgar Degas (left) o “What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new…

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Lawrence Cunningham: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

April 7, 2013
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