Month: March 2012

James Kouzes: An interview by Bob Morris

March 6, 2012

A former president, then CEO and chairman of the Tom Peters Company, Kouzes is the Dean’s Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. Along with co-author Barry Posner they have written over a dozen books, including…

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How We Decide: A book review by Bob Morris

March 5, 2012

How We Decide Jonah Lehrer Houghton Mifflin Company (2009) In the Introduction after sharing an experience aboard a simulated flight landing at Tokyo Narita International Airport, Lehrer observes: “In the end, the difference between landing my plane in one piece…

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Danny Stern: An interview by Bob Morris

March 5, 2012

One never knows how previous experiences and current contacts can spur new ideas and opportunities. Danny Stern is testament to this. He joined Stern + Associates in January 2002 after 24 years in the lecture industry, and is an integral…

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Tracy Dolgin (the YES cable sports network) in “The Corner Office”

March 4, 2012

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Tracy Dolgin, president and chief…

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Strategy for Sustainability: A book review by Bob Morris

March 3, 2012

Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto Adam Werbach Harvard Business Press (2009) Note: I recently re-read this book and learned even more of value this time. As Werbach explains in the Introduction, all companies have the opportunity to formulate and…

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Adam Werbach on “Nature’s Simple Rules”

March 3, 2012

In Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto, published by Harvard Business Press (2009), Werbach identifies and then discusses what he characterizes as “Nature’s Simple Rules” as a basis of strategy and execution. They are: 1. Diversity across generations to support…

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The Snowball: A book review by Bob Morris

March 2, 2012

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life Alice Schroeder Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, First Edition (2008) To a great extent, his life has been business…and business has been his life I recently re-read Roger Lowenstein’s biography, Buffett: The Making…

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Congratulations!

March 1, 2012

Congratulations to William Zinsser, a finalist for this year’s National Magazine Award in the category of Digital Commentary. Read all of Zinsser’s online essays about writing, popular culture, and the arts here. FYI, here are the finalists: Commentary, Digital Media…

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