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Allen Adamson on “Seeing the How”: An interview by Bob Morris

June 11, 2023

Allen P. Adamson is a noted expert in all disciplines of branding. He has worked with a broad spectrum of consumer and B2B businesses in industries from packaged goods to hospitality, technology to healthcare. His previous books, including BrandSimple and, more recently, Shift…

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8 Facts You May Not Know About Mark Twain

December 7, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article by Elizabeth Nix for the History Channel. To read the complete article and countless others, please click here. * * * Check out eight fascinating facts about the world-famous author, including why his…

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Recommendation Engines: A book review by Bob Morris

December 12, 2020

Recommendation Engines (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) Michael Schrage The MIT Press (September 2020) How and why recommendation engines can help to create more valuable people I have not read in recent years a more entertaining or a more…

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Here’s wisdom that can guide you through the remainder of your life

July 24, 2017

Knowledge is what we learn. Wisdom is what we learn from mistakes….from ours as well as from others’. On June 12, 2005, Steve Jobs delivered the commencement address at Stanford University. Since then, the YouTube video has been viewed more…

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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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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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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the psychology of optimal experience

February 10, 2016

A Hungarian psychologist who relocated to the United States in 1956 at there age of 22, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced “me-high CHEEK-sent-me-high”) is one of the most influential contemporary thinkers in recent years. He is probably best-known for his concept of…

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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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Big Ideas: Google’s Larry Page and “the gospel of 10x”

February 4, 2015

Here is a brief but timely excerpt from an interview of Google co-founder and CEO, Larry Page, by Steven Levy that appeared in the March 2013 issue of Wired magazine. To read the complete article, c heck out others, and…

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Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain

February 4, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article OpEd article by Danial J. Levitin for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * This month [i.e.…

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