Only the Paranoid Survive

Andy Grove’s “random walk” to greatness

September 27, 2019

In the Introduction he wrote for Secrets of Greatness: Advice from the World’s Top CEOs and Entrepreneurs, Andy Grove explains that his development as a manager occurred by a process “often called a random walk. Random walk is a mathematical…

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Transforming Nokia: A book review by Bob Morris

November 2, 2018

Transforming Nokia: The Power of Paranoid Optimism to Lead Through Colossal Change Risto Siilasmaa with Catherine Fredman McGraw-Hill Education (October 2018) “Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.” Andy Grove In this book, written with Catherine Fredman, Risto…

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All Hands On Deck: A book review by Bob Morris

June 17, 2015

All Hands On Deck: Navigating Your Team Through Crises, Getting Your Organization Unstuck, and Emerging Victorious Peter J. Boni Career Press (2w015() How and why disruption can create ten times (10X) the nature and extent of opportunity to advance and…

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Nicole Lipkin: An interview by Bob Morris

October 8, 2013

Nicole Lipkin is the CEO of Equilibria Leadership Consulting, an international leadership consulting company based in the US. She coaches and consults with leaders and their organizations to improve management and leadership skills, strengthen the leadership pipeline and develop sustainable…

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Josh Linkner: An interview by Bob Morris

June 13, 2011

Josh Linkner is the New York Times bestselling author of Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, named one of the top 30 business books of 2011. He is the CEO and Managing Partner of Detroit Venture Partners, a…

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