Month: April 2013

Remembering Roger Ebert

April 6, 2013

I was born and raised in Chicago. For years, I delivered the Tribune in the morning and the Sun-Times after school. Roger Ebert reviewed films for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death earlier this week. He and James…

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Gerard J. Tellis: An interview by Bob Morris

April 6, 2013

Gerard J. Tellis is Director of the Center for Global Innovation, Neely Chair of American Enterprise, and Professor of Marketing, Management & Organization at the Marshall School of Business, the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. He specializes in…

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The Four Steps to the Epiphany: A book review by Bob Morris

April 5, 2013

The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win Steven Gary Blank Cafepress.com (2007) Here is “a radical reexamination of the entire new product introduction process”…and almost everything that precedes it Note: The review that follows is…

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Five routes to more innovative problem solving

April 5, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Olivier Leclerc and Mihnea Moldoveanu explain how and why tricky problems must be shaped before they can be solved. To…

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Emily Bennington: An interview by Bob Morris

April 5, 2013

Emily Bennington specializes in two distinct forms of career transition: college students entering the workforce and women leaders entering executive management. Her work deep dives into what Stephen Covey famously referred to as “the space” between stimulus and response where…

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The Originality Scale

April 4, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Marty Neumeier for the Liquid Agency website. In it, Marty explains why and how, in an age of nonstop innovation, companies and individuals with original ideas have a distinct advantage over…

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The McKinsey Quarterly: The Most Popular Articles (First Q 2013)

April 4, 2013

In case you missed them, these articles have been most popular with The McKinsey Quarterly‘s readers in the first quarter of this year. You are cordially invited to read them today and join the conversation. 1. STRATEGY Six social-media skills…

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Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You: A book review by Bob Morris

April 4, 2013

Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You: Retrain Your Brain to Conquer Fear, Make Better Decisions, and Thrive in the 21st Century Marc Schoen with Kristin Loberg Hudson Street Press (2013) How and why to turn causes of discomfort into sources…

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How to Tell Your Company’s Story

April 3, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Nadia Goodman for Entrepreneur magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Image credit: Shutterstock * * * Every startup and small…

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Don’t Sandwich Negative Feedback

April 3, 2013

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * When you must deliver criticism about someone’s work, it’s best…

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