Noel Tichy

Prediction and Judgment: A powerful combination

August 5, 2018

All organizations need people at every level and in all areas who can make smart decisions, especially when having less information than they would prefer. This is what Warren Bennis and Noel Tichy have in mind in their classic work, Judgment,…

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The Good Struggle: A book review by Bob Morris

November 23, 2016

The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World Joseph L. Badaracco Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How to “raise the odds of working successfully and responsibly in the exciting, uncertain, recombiant, market-driven world around us” I read this book…

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The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street: A book review by Bob Morris

September 8, 2016

The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street: 11 Key Principles from Battlefield to Boardroom Ken Marlin St. Martin’s Press (August 2016) How and why the “Marine Corps Way” can help accelerate personal growth and professional development Peter Drucker…

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Put Your Intuition to Work: A book review by Bob Morris

July 12, 2016

Put Your Intuition to Work: How to Supercharge Your Inner Wisdom to Think Fast and Make Great Decisions Lynn A. Robinson Career Press (July 2016) “Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, film making, and business – everything.” David…

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HBR Guide to Coaching Employees: A book review by Bob Morris

June 3, 2015

HBR Guide to Coaching Employees Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2014) “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams This is one of the volumes…

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Wiser: A book review by Bob Mofrris

March 10, 2015

Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter Cass R. Sunstein and Reid Hastie Harvard Business Review Press 2014) How to separate, implement, and optimize the divergent and convergent stages of every problem-solving process As I began to read this…

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The Moment of Clarity: A book review by Bob Morris

May 7, 2014

The Moment of Clarity: Using the Human Sciences to Solve Your Toughest Business Problems Christian Madsbjerg and Mikkel Rasmussen Harvard Business Review Press (2014) How and why the human sciences address “the reality of people’s lives at their most complex…and…

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Left Brain, Right Stuff: A book review by Bob Morris

January 28, 2014

Left Brain, Right Stuff: How Leaders Make Winning Decisions Phil Rosenzweig PublicAffairs (2014) Why understanding the decision making process as well as the roles of action and analysis “can improve the odds of success” As I began to read this…

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Smart Thinking: A book review by Bob Morris

May 8, 2013

Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done Art Markman A Perigee Book/Penguin Group (2012) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” Peter…

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