Peter Drucker: “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all”

Elevate: A book review by Bob Morris

April 12, 2014

Elevate: The Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking Rich Horwath Wiley (2014) How and why to elevate your business thinking to gain more and better perspectives…and help others to do so In a previously published book, Deep Dive: The Proven…

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Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations: A book review by Bob Morris

October 31, 2012

Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations: Aligning Culture and Strategy Daniel Denison, Robert Hooijberg, Nancy Lane, and Colleen Lief Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) Why and how both culture and strategy must be aligned and integrated throughout any organizational change process…

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Innovation to the Core: A book review by Bob Morris

July 3, 2011

Innovation to the Core: A Blueprint for Transforming the Way Your Company Innovates Peter Skarzynski and Rowan Gibson Harvard Business School Press (2008) I read this book when it was first published more than three years ago and recently re-read…

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Intending to be innovative? Be sure you ask the right questions first before seeking answers

June 28, 2011

Those familiar with my book reviews, interviews, and commentaries already know that I have several favorite quotations that I use whenever appropruate. Here are two. In 1963, Peter Drucker observed that “there is surely nothing quite so useless as doing…

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One Page Talent Management: A book review by Bob Morris

April 24, 2011

One Page Talent Management: Eliminating Complexity, Adding Value Marc Effron and Miriam Ort Harvard Business Press (2010) A comprehensive analysis of “the most powerful, repeatable processes that create successful talent” The claim by Marc Effron and Miriam Ort that they…

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