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Simply Brilliant: A book review by Bob Morris

September 23, 2016

Simply Brilliant: How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways Bill Taylor Portfolio/The Penguin Group (September 2016) How and why “the thrill of breakthrough creativity and breakaway performance” belongs to all who can reimagine what they do and how…

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The Wisdom of Oz: A book review by Bob Morris

September 24, 2014

The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do Roger Connors and Tom Smith Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) Most limits are self-imposed: How to unleash the power of personal accountability to overcome the obstacles to your…

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Never Be Closing: A book review by Bob Morris

August 22, 2014

Never Be Closing: How to Sell Better Without Screwing Your Clients, Your Colleagues, or Yourself Tim Hurson and Tim Dunne Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) How and why “Productive Thinking” can accelerate personal growth and professional development In the film version…

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Invisibles: A book review by Bob Morris

July 3, 2014

Invisibles: The Power of Anonymous Work in an Age of Relentless Self-Promotion David Zweig Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) “There is no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn’t matter who gets the credit.” Ralph Waldo Emerson In an…

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Body of Work: A book review by Bob Morris

May 15, 2014

Body of Work: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together Pamela Slim Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2013) Why we must strive to “direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our…

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Dan Roam on how to solve problems using simple pictures

April 13, 2014

In my opinion, Dan Roam is among the most innovative business thinkers now publishing books and articles that can help almost anyone think more clearly, make better decisions, and communicate with greater impact. His previously published works offer abundant evidence…

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Leaders Eat Last: A book review by Bob Morris

March 10, 2014

Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t Simon Sinek Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) Why our society now has a chemical imbalance and what we must do about it I agree with Simon Sinek: “Too many of…

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