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50 Business Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

April 6, 2018

50 Business Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey (April 2018) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”  Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer) This is the latest in a series…

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Malcolm Gladwell got it wrong: “Deliberate practice” — not 10,000 hours — key to achievement, psychologist says

April 21, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Tristin Hopper for the National Post which focuses on the so-called “10,000 hour rule” – enshrined in Gladwell’s bestselling 2008 book Outliers – a misinterpretation by Gladwell that mastery in any…

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PEAK: A book review by Bob Morris

June 28, 2011

PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow Chip Conley Jossey-Bass (2007) Note:  Today is June 28, 2011. Chip has just announced  the debut of www.peakorganizations.com, a site featuring new programs and resources based on his book PEAK: How Great Companies…

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