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Ideaflow: A book review by Bob Morris

April 5, 2023

Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn Portfolio/Penguin ( “If you’ve always done it that way, it’s probably wrong.”  Charles Kettering There are several metrics that matter but the one to which this book’s subtitle…

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Bill Capodagli on the “Disney Way: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

January 11, 2023

Bill Capodagli (pronounced Cap-o-die) co-authored one of Fortune magazine’s “Best Business Books of 1999,” The Disney Way. Prior to co-founding Capodagli Jackson Consulting in 1993, Bill held managerial positions at the consulting firms of AT Kearney and Ernst & Whinney…

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Build: A book review by Bob Morris

November 16, 2022

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making Tony Fadell HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (May 2022) “Everything begins with asking ‘Why?’” Simon Sinek It is also true that “Building anything begins with asking ‘Why?’” Sinek agrees with Peter Drucker:…

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Why It Matters: A book review by Bob Morris

November 3, 2022

Why It Matters: Reflections on Practical Leadership John A. White Greenleaf Book Group Press (October 2022) How and why great leaders achieve “admirable results, with exemplary character” Christopher Lofgren cites Ahmed Yehia’s comment on great leadership in the Foreword to…

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Mark Goulston: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

September 28, 2022

In his career as an organizational consultant, relationship counselor, and hostage-negotiation trainer, Mark Goulston has found what works, consistently, to reach all kinds of people in any type of situation. In his book Real Influence: Persuade Without Pushing and Gain…

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True North: A book review by Bob Morris

September 7, 2022

True North: Leading Authentically in Today’s Workplace Bill George and Zach Clayton Wiley (August 2022) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde Whatever their size and nature may be, all organizations need effective leaders at all levels and in…

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Sunnie Giles on Radical Innovation: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

August 18, 2022

Sunnie Giles is a new generation expert on radical innovation who takes the mystery out of what radical innovation is and how to consistently produce it. By combining her unique expertise in advanced neuroscience, complex systems approach, quantum mechanics and…

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Sunnie Giles on Radical Innovation: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

August 11, 2022

Sunnie Giles is a new generation expert on radical innovation who takes the mystery out of what radical innovation is and how to consistently produce it. By combining her unique expertise in advanced neuroscience, complex systems approach, quantum mechanics and…

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Philip Kotler: A synoptic interview by Bob Morris

June 8, 2022

Philip Kotler is Professor Emeritus of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, where he held the S.C. Johnson & Son Professorship of International Marketing. Kellogg was consistently voted one of the top five business schools in Business Week‘s survey…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads On High Performance: A book review by Bob Morris

June 7, 2022

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance Various Contributors and HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (May 2022) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle’s insight refers to organizations as well…

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