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Originals: A book review by Bob Morris

October 19, 2023

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam M. Grant Viking (2018) Note: I read this book when it was first published and have just re-read it again. I enjoyed it even more this time and highly recommend it. How and…

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Originals: A book review by Bob Morris

March 29, 2022

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam M. Grant Viking/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (2016) How and why originality starts with creative thinking, is driven by a vision, and can eventually have global impact Some books (not many) have…

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Perspectives on disruptive creativity

November 23, 2018

In Originals, Adam Grant explains how non-conformists move the world. When they are actively engaged in change initiatives, the strongest resistance encountered will probably be cultural in nature, the result of what James O’Toole so aptly characterizes as “the ideology…

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Originals: A book review by Bob Morris

October 29, 2018

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam M. Grant Viking/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (2016) Note: I read this book when it was first published and have just re-read it again. I enjoyed it even more this time and…

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Originals: A book review by Bob Morris

February 7, 2016

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam M. Grant Viking/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (2016) How and why originality starts with creative thinking, is driven by a vision, and can eventually have global impact Adam Grant wants to “debunk…

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Persuadable: A book review by Bob Morris

February 2, 2016

Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World Al Pittampalli HarperBusiness/Imprint of Haroer Collins (January 2016) Why leaders should demand to know whatever they need to know, especially if it is not what they think Those who…

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Persuadable: A book review by Bob Morris

January 28, 2016

Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World Al Pittampalli HarperBusiness/Imprint of Harper Collins (January 2016) Why leaders should demand to know whatever they need to know, especially if it is not what they think they know…but…

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Mini-Profiles of Four Great “Persuadables”

January 26, 2016

Those who are persuadable have a mindset that is both willing and able – indeed eager — to consider diverse perspectives, especially those that challenge their cherished assumptions and premises. The healthiest organizations are those in which principled dissent is…

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