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Revisiting the Classics: Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”

September 12, 2022

In addition to book reviews, interviews, and commentaries, I also re-read several classics each calendar year. My perennials include Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, Shakespeare’s four mature tragedies (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth), Ecclesiastes (Old Testament) and St. Paul’s…

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Is the next Age of Enlightenment already here or imminent?

May 9, 2022

In recent years, two of the most intellectually stimulating books I have read were written by Anthony Gottlieb: The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance (2000; Second Edition, 2016) and The Dream…

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Beyond Happiness: A book review by Bob Morris

October 24, 2021

Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact Jenn Lin Grand Central Publishing (October 2021) “Death is not the greatest loss in life…[but rather] what dies inside us while we live.” This assertion by Norman…

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Revisiting the Classics: Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”

June 22, 2020

In addition to book reviews, interviews, and commentaries, I also re-read several classics each calendar year. My perennials include Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, Shakespeare’s four mature tragedies (Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth), Ecclesiastes (Old Testament) and St. Paul’s…

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Here are thought-provoking observations

April 9, 2020

Here are some quotations from a wide variety of sources. They have nothing in common in terms of subject matter but all help us to understand human nature, even if only a little bit better. “A man may do an…

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How to turn visionary thinking into breakthrough results

March 25, 2020

Long ago, Thomas Edison observed, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” I was again reminded of that as I began to read Lead from the Future in which Mark Johnson and Josh Suskewicz share their thoughts about how to turn visionary…

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Restoring the Soul of Business: A book review by Bob Morris

February 2, 2020

Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data Rishad Tobaccowala HarperCollins Leadership/An imprint of HarperCollins (January 2020) How and why great companies achieve an appropriate balance between their data and their story Machines do not possess…

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Company of One: A book review by Bob Morris

March 4, 2019

Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business Paul Jarvis Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (January 2019) How and why to “start small, define growth, and keep learning” According to Paul Jarvis, “blind growth is the main…

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Checking In: A book review by Bob Morris

November 6, 2018

Checking In: Hospitality-Driven Thinking, Business, and You Stephen J. Cloobeck Greenleaf Book Group Press (October 2018) Why and how all of the greatest organizations are driven by fulfilling customer needs As I began to read Stephen Cloobeck’s book, I was…

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Conscious: A book review by Bob Morris

August 17, 2018

Conscious: The Power of Awareness in Business and Life Bob Rosen and Emma-Kate Swann John Wiley & Sons (July 2018) “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo the Possum In Plato’s Apology, Socrates is on trial for…

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