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Who Can You Trust?: A book review by Bob Morris

November 24, 2017

Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart Rachel Botsman PublicAffairs (November 2017) How and why the real disruption in our VUCA world is not caused by technology; rather, by the massive…

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Technology, Jobs, and the Future of Work: A Special Report

March 22, 2017

It is my great privilege as well as pleasure to serve as a member of McKinsey & Company’s executive advisory panel. Of special interest to me is the subject of a recent briefing prepared by the McKinsey Global Institute for…

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The dark side of transparency

February 7, 2017

  Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Julian Birkinshaw and Dan Cable for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which they suggest that executives need to get smarter about when to open up…

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How IT can drive agile development

November 11, 2016

Here’s a simple idea: update your operating model to be able to build small, self-contained teams that create change quickly and efficiently. I urge you to check out brief excerpt from a podcast transcript created for the McKinsey Quarterly, published…

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Building a Culture of Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

July 17, 2016

Building a Culture of Innovation: A Practical Framework for Placing Innovation at the Core of Your Business Cris Beswick, Derek Bishop, and Jo Geraghty KoganPage (2016) The Easy Part: Defining an Innovation Workplace Culture I just checked: Amazon US now…

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Matchmakers: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2016

Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee Harvard Business Review Press (June 2016) How to help those with a need for a product or service to connect with those who can provide it, The…

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Leading in the digital age

March 31, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from the transcript of a roundtable discussion sponsored by McKinsey & Company for publication in its Quarterly. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and…

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Platform Revolution: A book review by Bob Morris

March 27, 2016

Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy—And How to Make Them Work for You Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Paul Choudary W. W. Norton & Company March 2016) How to accelerate connectivity and interaction,…

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Can the Sharing Economy Provide Good Jobs? Opinions Are Sharply Divided

November 16, 2015

Some see benefits for many kinds of workers, others see a raw deal for most. In an article for The Wall Street Journal, Rachel Botsman explains how and why different kinds of workers derive different benefits in the new workplace.…

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5 Steps to Designing a Billion-Dollar Company

October 10, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from a guest post by Patrick Stewart for Inc. magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * A successful multisided business needs to be…

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