Month: July 2013

Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 7/22/13)

July 28, 2013

  I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Breakpoint: Why the Web Will Implode, Search will be Obsolete, and Everything Else you Need to Know about Technology is…

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What Women Want – At Work

July 27, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from article written by Robin Madell for U.S. News & World Report. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The world is rapidly…

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Nathaniel Philbrick: An interview by Bob Morris

July 27, 2013

Nathaniel Philbrick is a leading authority on the history of Nantucket Island. His In the Heart of the Sea won the 2000 National Book Award. Sea of Glory (2003), is about the epic U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842. Mayflower: A…

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Charles S. Jacobs on “The Neuroscience of Singles Bars”

July 26, 2013

Here’s an excerpt from Management Rewired: Why Feedback Doesn’t Work and Other Surprising Lessons from the Latest Brain Science, in which Charles S. Jacobs discusses how to apply lessons of cognitive neuroscience from singles bars. The excerpt was featured in…

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Loyalty 3.0: A book review by Bob Morris

July 26, 2013

Loyalty 3.0: How to Revolutionize Customer and Employee Engagement with Big Data and Gamification Rajat Paharia McGraw-Hill (2013) How to build a stakeholder loyalty and engagement program that drives a competitive advantage for your enterprise According to Rajat Paharia, the…

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Deloitte/MIT SMR Report: How are companies harnessing the value of social business?

July 26, 2013

Here is an invitation to check out new findings from the 2013 Global Executive Study and Research Project co-sponsored by Deloitte and MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR), Deloitte Social Business Report: Shifting Out of First Gear. Social networking can…

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How Strong Is Your Workplace? Ask Yourself These Questions

July 25, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Gretchen Rubin for LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. Photo: pmccarthy, Flickr * * * I recently read First, Break All the Rules(1999)…

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Wired for Thought: A book review by Bob Morris

July 25, 2013

Wired for Thought: How the Brain Is Shaping the Future of the Internet Jeffrey M. Stibel Harvard Business Press (2009) How and why the Internet “is transformational…the first real external replication of the human brain that we’ve seen” With collaborative…

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Why A Woman’s Network? Why Now?

July 25, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Sallie Krawcheck and featured by LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check out other valuable resources, please click here. Illustration: Zack Blanton/Vetta/Getty Images * * * I am investing…

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The Power of Stupidity: Quotations

July 24, 2013

Giancarlo Livraghi published El poder de la estupidez (The Power of Stupidity) in 2012. These are among the quotations he provides. “There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.” Henry Adams “Scientists will eventually stop flailing around…

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