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Design-Driven Innovation: Revisiting a Book Review by Bob Morris

July 11, 2026

Design-Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean Roberto Verganti Harvard Business Press (2009) Does design drive innovation or does innovation drive design? The answer is “Yes.” The success of each approach depends almost entirely…

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Teamwork at the top

July 9, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Erika Herb, Keith Leslie, and Colin Price for McKinsey Quarterly. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Getty…

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Inside Trump’s Ideological Fight With the Smithsonian

July 8, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration…

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How to Grow Without Betting Big

July 8, 2026

Not all growth is progress. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Adam  Job, Ulrich Pidun and Valentín Szekasy  for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and…

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The Decisive Company: Revisiting a Book Review by Bob Morris

July 7, 2026

The Decisive Company: How High-Performance Organizations Connect Strategy to Execution Steven Elliott Houndstooth Press (February 2025) “Vision without execution is hallucination.”  Thomas Edison I agree with Edison and so does Steven Elliott. Organizations today face challenges that are more volatile,…

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My Father’s Tears

July 6, 2026

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by John Updike for The New Yorker (February 20, 2006). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration…

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3 Forces Are Redefining the Transition from Manager to Leader

July 5, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael D. Watkins for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:    Vasya Kolotusha…

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How to Slay the Chaos Dragon

July 2, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Melissa Swift for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:   Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT…

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The False Alignment Trap

July 1, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Julia Dhar, Kristy R. Ellmer and Philip Jameson for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: …

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Discovery-Driven Digital Transformation

June 30, 2026

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rita McGrath and Ryan McManus for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:    Giles…

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