Month: June 2013

9 Qualities of Truly Confident People

June 24, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dharmesh Shah and featured by LinkedIn. He is co-founder and CTO of HubSpot. HubSpot provides inbound marketing software that helps businesses attract, convert and engage customers on the web. The company,…

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Brian Klapper: An interview by Bob Morris

June 23, 2013

Brian Klapper is the President and Founding Partner of The Klapper Institute. He is an internationally recognized expert in operational and cultural corporate transformation. Brian has worked with global companies in a variety of sectors including: financial services, consumer products,…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 6/17/13)

June 23, 2013

  I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics Thomas H. Davenport and Jinho Kim Digital State:…

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Keeping Up with the Quants: A book review by Bob Morris

June 22, 2013

Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics Thomas H. Davenport and Jinho Kim Harvard Business Review Press (2013) Almost everything most business leaders know about analytics they have learned from Tom Davenport and the material…

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Gandolfini Through The Eyes Of Those He Worked With Him

June 22, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article featured online by National Public Radio. To read the complete article, listen to a recording by WHYY, and check other NPR resources, please click here. Photo credit: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images * *…

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Original “Mad Man” David Ogilvy on the 10 Qualities of Creative Leaders

June 22, 2013

The website Brain Pickings is the brain child of Maria Popova, an “interestingness hunter-gatherer and curious mind at large,” who also writes for Wired UK and The Atlantic, among others, and is an MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow. She has…

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Dave Ulrich: A third interview by Bob Morris

June 21, 2013

Dave Ulrich is a Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. He studies how organizations build capabilities of leadership,…

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LinkedIn Builds Its Publishing Presence

June 21, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Leslie Kaufman for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo Credit: Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times *…

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Overloaded Circuits: Why Smart People Underperform

June 21, 2013

Here is a summary of key points examined in a “classic” article written years ago (January 2005) by Edward M. Hallowell for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of…

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Why Your Company Should Use the Kickstarter Model to Innovate

June 20, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Schrage for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR…

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