Thomas Edison

HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Performance Management: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 6, 2023

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Performance Management Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2023) “Vision without execution is hallucination.”  Thomas Edison As you no doubt know already, Harvard Business Review Press publishes several series of anthologies of articles previous published…

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Revolutionizing Business Operations: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 3, 2023

Revolutionizing Business Operations: How to Build Dynamic Perocesses for Enduring Competitive Advantage Tony Saldanha and Filippo Passerini Berrett-Koehler Publishers (September 2023) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison] According to Tony Saldanha and Filippo Passerini, ‘There are clear patterns to…

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HBR Guide to Executing Your Strategy: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 14, 2023

HBR Guide to Executing Your Strategy Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (January 2019) How to communicate the plan, maintain momentum, and achieve your vision I agree with Thomas Edison who once observed, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Even the…

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The Performance Paradox: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 8, 2023

The Performance Paradox : Turning the Power of Mindset into Action Eduardo Briceño Ballantine Books (September 2023) “Vision without execution is hallucination.”  Thomas Edison Presumably Eduardo Briceño agrees with Edison but would probably add that ambitious people spend too much…

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Going on Offense: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 30, 2023

Going on Offense: A Leader’s Playbook for Perpetual Innovation  Behnam Tabrizi Ideapress Publishing (August 2023) How to establish a workplace culture within which perpetual innovation is most likely to thrive In Rapid Transformation (2007), Behnam Tabrizi offers “a blueprint to…

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HBR’s 10 MUST Reads, 2023: A book review by Bob Morris

November 14, 2022

HBR’s 10 Must Reads: 2023 Various Contributors, including HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (October 2021) Definitive management ideas that can have the greatest value and impact in 2023 This is the latest volume in a series introduced in 2015.…

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The Six Types of Working Genius: A book review by Bob Morris

October 28, 2022

The Six Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team Patrick Lencioni Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of BenBella Books (August 2022) How to get what you do best and enjoy most in…

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Rise of the Rest: A book review by Bob Morris

October 20, 2022

Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places Are Building the New American Dream Steve Case Avid Reader Press/An Imprint of Simon & Schuster (September 2022) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison To what does the title of…

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My Daily Leadership : A book review by Bob Morris

September 30, 2022

My Daily Leadership: A Powerful Roadmap for Leadership Success Antonio Garrido Post Hill Press (August 2022) Here’s a “boot camp” manual for those who aspire to become a high-impact leader Whatever their size and nature may be, all organizations need…

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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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