What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

How Work Works: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 19, 2023

How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself Michelle P. King Harper Business/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishing (October 2023) “What got you here won’t get you there.”  Marshall Goldsmith I agree with Goldsmith. In fact, I…

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The Future Normal: A book Review by Bob Morris

March 17, 2023

The Future Normal: How We Will Live, Work and Thrive in the Next Decade Ronit Bhargava and Henry Coutinho-Mason Ideapress Publishing (March 2023) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith I agree with Marshall Goldsmith. In fact,…

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The Neutrality Trap: A book review by Bob Morris

March 5, 2022

The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change Bernard Mayer and Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán Wiley (January 2022) “What got you here won’t get you there.”  Marshall Goldsmith My own opinion is that what got you here won’t even allow…

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Lessons from the Titans: A book review by Bob Morris

August 10, 2020

Lessons from the Titans: What Companies in the New Economy Can Learn from the Great Industrial Giants to Drive Sustainable Success Scott Davis, Carter Copeland, and Rob Wertheimer McGraw-Hill (July 2020) “What got you here won’t get you there.”  Marshal…

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Driving Digital Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

August 25, 2018

Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business Sunil Gupta Harvard Business Review Press (August 2018) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith In fact, I am convinced that what got you here won’t even allow…

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Fast/Forward: A book review by Bob Morris

April 11, 2017

Fast/Forward: Make Your Company Fit for the Future Julian Birkinshaw and Jonas Ridderstråle Stanford Business Books/Stanford University Press (April 2017) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith Goldsmith’s insight serves as the title of one of his…

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“What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith

April 9, 2017

Goldsmith’s insight serves as the title of one of his most thoughtful books and I presume to add that what got you here won’t even allow you to remain here, no matter whatever and wherever “here” and “there” may be.…

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Jobs to Be Done: A book review by Bob Morris

November 1, 2016

Jobs to Be Done: A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation Stephen Wunker, Jessica Whitman, and David Farber AMACOM (November 2016) Create breakthrough ideas from reimagining problems, not from an incrementally better solution to a well-understood challenge It was Clayton Christensen who…

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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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The 10 Core Principles of Delivering True Business Value

April 25, 2015

I agree with Warren Buffet: “Price is what you charge. Value is what people think it’s worth.” In Does It Work?: 10 Principles for Delivering True Business Value in Digital Marketing, Shane Atchison and Jason Burby introduce a four step…

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