Month: July 2013
Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value Daniel Isenberg Harvard Business Review Press (2013) A brilliant analysis of entrepreneurship as “the contrarian perception, creation, and capture of extraordinary value” Let’s say that a Mount Rushmore…
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Here is an introduction by Richard Dawkins to a video conversation in which he and Napoleon Chagnon, Steven Pinker, Richard Wrangham, Daniel C. Dennett, and David Haig participate. To watch the video and check out other resources at Edge.org, please…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Steve Tappin and featured by LinkedIn. To read the complete article and check a wealth of other resources, please click here. * * * We’re all aware that Nelson Mandela…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jason Averbook for Talent Management magazine. He explains why organizations should only customize technology if they can make the case that it will drive business value. To read the complete article,…
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Craving: Why We Can’t Seem to Get Enough Omar Manejwala, M.D. Hazelden® (2013) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Other reviewers have addressed most of Omar Manejwala’s points while sharing…
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Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution Nathaniel Philbrick Viking/The Penguin Group (2013) “In the end, the city of Boston is the true hero of this story.” The historical details are by now well-known but many people do not…
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Here is an article written by Shane Show (Journalist, Geek, CCO of Contently) for LinkedIn. To check out other resources, please click here. * * * Ask yourself: If you could do anything for eight hours a day for the…
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These are three of the ten most popular articles as selected by the McKinsey Quarterly‘s readers. To read any/all of them, please click here. * * * Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy James…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Todd Zenger 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…
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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 7/1/13)
I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value Daniel Isenberg Craving: Why We Can’t Seem to…
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