Twyla Tharp

Creativity: A Treasury of Observations and Insights

January 25, 2016

Creative thinking is essential to making something new (invention) or something better (innovation) . I agree with David and Tom Kelley, co-authors of Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All , that almost anyone can think more creatively about what…

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Several perspectives on human intelligence

August 7, 2015

Here are several perspectives on human intelligence. “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty, because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to…

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Brain Food Nuggets (41-50)

November 21, 2013

The buffet awaits: o “The chief danger in life is that you take too many precautions.” Alfred Adler o “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Aristotle o “Success is…

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A baker’s dozen of delicious quotations

April 30, 2012

As you already know, there are endless uses for quotations. Here are thirteen that caught my eye.  “When you have learned something, that always feels at first as if you’ve lost something.”  H.G. Wells “What the mothers sings to the cradle goes all the…

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The Collaborative Habit: A book review by Bob Morris

January 31, 2012

[amazon_link asins=’1416576517′ template=’Lead-ProductAd-image’ store=’bobmorris1-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’cc8c4824-8f15-11e7-9899-4fe62753bc4b’] The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together Twyla Tharp Simon & Schuster (2009) “In the end, all collaborations are love stories”…at least the best of them are, and they must be. As is…

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Andrea Kates: Part One of an Interview by Bob Morris

January 27, 2012

Andrea Kates  (akates@BusinessGenome.com)  is the founder of the Business Genome® project and author of the visionary bestselling business innovation book, Find Your Next (McGraw-Hill, November 2011). As a business strategist, facilitator, and speaker, Andrea has led more than 250 business innovation initiatives for global corporations, entrepreneurs, and organizations including Royal Dutch…

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Gail McMeekin: An interview by Bob Morris

September 14, 2011

Gail McMeekin loves to inspire people to envision and then achieve their personal and professional goals. She is a licensed psychotherapist who became fascinated with the concept of “why so many people hate their jobs.” She then shifted her focus…

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Readings for leadership development

December 11, 2010

  Each month, I receive dozens of inquiries from those who request recommended readings for leadership development. I now offer these: The Right Values The Executive’s Compass by James O’Toole The Highest Goal by Michael Ray The Heart Aroused by…

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