These are among my personal favorites. Please share yours.
o “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Edgar Degas
o “What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession … READ MORE
Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Edison’
The Creative Mindset: Classic Insights
Vijay Govindarajan: An interview by Bob Morris
Vijay Govindarajan (“VG”) is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation. He is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He was the first Professor in Residence … READ MORE
Win-Win Partnerships: A book review by Bob Morris
Win-Win Partnerships: Be on the Cutting Edge with Synergistic Coaching
Steven J. Stowell and Matt M. Starcevich
CMOE Press (1996)
“Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison
Do not be deterred by the fact that this book was first published in 1996. Long before that, … READ MORE
Marching backward into the future….
In his latest book, Denial, Richard Tedlow provides a wealth of information and insights as he examines a number of especially interesting situation throughout U.S. history. Here’s a composite excerpt:
“The United States in 1900 did not have improved roads…We didn’t have gas stations. … READ MORE
Strategy for You: A book review by Bob Morris
Strategy for You: Building a Bridge to the Life You Want
Rich Horwath
Greenleaf Book Group Press (2012)
If you have a dream, Rich Horwath can help you to make it come true.
There are business situations in which the goal … READ MORE
Yet still another baker’s dozen of memorable quotations
“Great space has no corners.
Great talent ripens late.
Great eloquence is silent.
Great form is shapeless.
The subtle essence of the universe is hidden and
Indefinable, yet its benefit is always bestowed.” Lao Tzu
“The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.” Orson Welles
“In … READ MORE
Change-Friendly Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris
Change-Friendly Leadership:
How to Transform Good Intentions Into Great Performance
Rodger Dean Duncan
Maxwell Stone Publishing (2012)
“Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison
Frankly, I did not know quite what to expect as I began to read this book. In a brief … READ MORE
Another baker’s dozen of memorable quotations
o “All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer
o “Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)” … READ MORE
The Rebel Entrepreneur: A book review by Bob Morris
The Rebel Entrepreneur: Rewriting the Business Rule Book
Jonathan Moules
Kogan-Page (2012)
How and why rebel entrepreneurs “create the real growth drivers of an economy”
Rebels are iconoclasts, mavericks, outliers, etc. By nature, their thinking and initiatives are unconventional, unorthodox, and quite often disruptive as they challenge what … READ MORE
The First 90 Days: A book review by Bob Morris
Michael D. Watkins
Harvard Business Review Press (2013)
How and why the first 90 days in a new leadership position can sometimes seem like 90 … READ MORE