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25 Biggest and Most Embarrassing Mistakes Ever Made

May 15, 2018

Years ago, Washington Redskins’ QB Joe Thiesman objected to a sportswriter’s reference to “dumb jocks.” “Hey look, we can’t all be Fred Einstein!” Here is a brief excerpt from one of the dozens of interesting lists featured at the 25…

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Hidden Figures, Part 1: The Historical Background

February 11, 2018

Note: The material that follows — presented in the present tense — was gathered from several sources, including Wikipedia and IMBDatabase. In 1961, mathematician Katherine Goble works as a human computer in the segregated division West Area Computers of the…

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10 tips on how to sharpen your emails

May 4, 2017

  On average, most of us receive about 275 emails each day and probably reply (on average) to 20-25. Which to read is one issue, whether or not to respond is another, and how to make each response effective is…

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Innovation Springs from the Unexpected Meeting of Minds

April 22, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Beth Comstock for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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Big Think Interview With Peter Diamandis

April 1, 2015

Here is an excerpt from a conversation with Peter Diamandis, the Chairman and CEO of the X Prize Foundation, conducted and sponsored by Big Think. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, please click here. * * *…

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Too Big to Ignore: A book review by Bob Morris

March 18, 2015

Too Big to Ignore: The Business Case for Big Data (Wiley and SAS Business Series) Phil Simon John Wiley & Sons (2015) “Before we demand more of our data, we need to demand more of ourselves.” Nate Silver First of…

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Disrupt!: A book review by Bob Morris

August 27, 2013

Disrupt! Think Epic. Be Epic Bill Jensen Net Minds (2013) How-to-Figure-It-All-Out I have read and reviewed all of Bill Jensen’s previously published books and think Disrupt! is his most valuable — thus far — because it will have the widest…

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The Open Innovation Marketplace: A book review by Bob Morris

September 11, 2012

The Open Innovation Marketplace: Creating Value in the Challenge Driven Enterprise Alpheus Bingham and Dwayne Spradlin FT Press/Pearson (2011) How and why global networks of highly specialized expertise create value in the challenge driven enterprise In Open Business Models (2003),…

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Why Empathy Is The Most Powerful Leadership Tool

May 3, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an especially thought-provoking and informative article written  by Ginny Whitelaw and featured online by Fast Company magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *     *    …

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Here are 4 ways you can ignite innovation

April 30, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dave Logan for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To read the complete article, check out an abundance of valuable resources, and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. * …

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