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Leonard J. Marcus and Eric J. McNulty on how to lead when it matters most: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

August 14, 2019

Leonard Marcus is a trailblazer in leadership studies and teaching. Shortly after 9/11, the federal government asked him and the Kennedy School’s David Gergen to establish the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI) at Harvard University. The purpose: to study critical…

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RFID Essentials: A book review by Bob Morris

August 25, 2015

RFID Essentials Bill Glover and Himanshu Bhatt O’Reilly Media (2006) An electronic means by which to obtain information whenever needed and from wherever it is located and accessible As I began to read this book, published in 2006, I was…

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Data Science for Business: A book review by Bob Morris

October 4, 2014

Data Science for Business: What you need to know about data mining and data-analytic thinking Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett O’Reilly Media, Inc. (2013) “Torture the data enough and it will confess to anything.” Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize Laureate in…

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Sunni Brown on “Doodlers, Unite!”

February 5, 2014

Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you may already know, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…

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Opening up open data: An interview with Tim O’Reilly

January 20, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an interview of Tim O’Reilly for the McKinsey Quarterly during which the tech entrepreneur, author, and investor looks at how open data is becoming a critical tool for business and government, as well as what…

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Enterprise Games: A book review by Bob Morris

November 7, 2012

Enterprise Games: Using Game Mechanics to Build a Better Business Michael Hugos O’Reilly Media (2012) How games can help business leaders to respond more effectively to crises as well as to opportunities Games may well be the first non-violent activity…

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Gabe Zichermann: How games make kids smarter

October 29, 2012

Do kids these days have short attention spans, or does the world just move too slowly to accommodate their energy and creativity? Gabe Zichermann suggests that today’s video games are making children smarter — and we should all embrace gamification. Click here to check out…

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Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century

September 29, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Thomas H. Davenport and D.J. Patil for the Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. Artwork:…

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Donald N. Thompson: An interview by Bob Morris

July 10, 2012

Don Thompson is an economist and professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto. He has taught at Harvard Business School and the London School of Economics. He is author of nine books, including The $12 Million Stuffed Shark:…

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