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Missing Jon Stewart

February 18, 2016

The new Daily Show host, Trevor Noah (above), is smooth and charming, but he hasn’t found his edge. Here is a brief excerpt from an article by James Parker for The Atlantic. To read the complete article, check out others,…

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Tom Davenport on “Ten types of analytical innovation”

March 4, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tom Davenport for Deloitte University Press (August 6, 2014). According to Tom, ten types of innovation can be driven, supported, or measured with analytics. If you’re not using analytics for all…

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Rethinking the role of the strategist

December 11, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Birshan, Emma Gibbs, and Kurt Strovink for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. They acknowledge that strategic planning has been under assault for years. But good strategy is…

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How to Become a Better Judge of People

July 24, 2013

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Anthony K. Tjan 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…

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Predator Nation: A book review by Bob Morris

May 27, 2013

Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America Charles H. Ferguson Crown Business (2012) The nature and extent of ethical and financial kudzu Other reviews have (collectively) covered most of the most important points to be made…

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The Yale Book of Quotations: A book review by Bob Morris

November 16, 2012

The Yale Book of Quotations Fred R. Shapiro, Editor Yale University Press (2006) A treasury of “highly quotatious” insights During the past 25-30 years, I have purchased and then made frequent use of dozens of anthologies of quotations (including revised…

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Leigh Branham: An interview by Bob Morris

November 1, 2012

Leigh Branham is Principal and Founder of Keeping the People, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas. Leigh has been researching and speaking about best practices in employee engagement and retention since 1995. He helps companies analyze the root causes of employee disengagement…

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Are you up a tree? Here’s the best career strategy ever

September 3, 2011

Here is an article written by Steve Tobak for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *     *    …

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