Month: October 2014

Leading Digital: A book review by Bob Morris

October 6, 2014

Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation George Westerman, Didier Bonnet, and Andrew McAfee Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Invaluable lessons to be learned from Digital Masters about how to use technology to achieve business transformation Why did George Westerman,…

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Patrick Lencioni on “Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Being Smart”

October 6, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Patrick Lencioni for Inc. magazine To read the complete article, check out others, obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * The most successful companies focus on being healthy rather…

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Bonhoeffer: A book review by Bob Morris

October 5, 2014

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy Eric Metaxas Thomas Nelson (2014) “Whoever I am, thou knowest, O God, I am thine.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer What more remains to be said about Dietrich Bonhoeffer? More to the point, what can I contribute to…

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Karl M. Kapp: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

October 5, 2014

Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., CFPIM, CIRM, is a scholar, writer and expert on the convergence of learning, technology and business operations. He is a graduate professor of instructional technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. where he teaches courses in…

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Tom Peters on leading the 21st-century organization: A McKinsey conversation

October 4, 2014

Here is an excerpt from Suzanne Heywood and Aaron De Smet’s conversation with Tom Peters, joined by Allen Webb, editor in chief of the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, watch a video, check…

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Data Science for Business: A book review by Bob Morris

October 4, 2014

Data Science for Business: What you need to know about data mining and data-analytic thinking Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett O’Reilly Media, Inc. (2013) “Torture the data enough and it will confess to anything.” Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize Laureate in…

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Greg McKeown on “The Simplest Way To Avoid Wasting Time”

October 3, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Greg McKeown that he posted at his blog. To visit his website, please click this link. * * * When Bill Gates first met Warren Buffett, their host at dinner, Gates’…

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Think Big, Start Small, Move Fast: A book review by Bob Morris

October 3, 2014

Think Big, Start Small, Move Fast: A Blueprint for Transformation from the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation Nicholas LaRusso, Barbara Spurrier, and Gianrico Farrugia McGraw-Hill (2014) How almost any organization can transform itself with high-impact innovation The success or failure…

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Steven Mollenkopf (C.E.O. of Qualcomm) in “The Corner Office”

October 3, 2014

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 Steven Mollenkopf, the C.E.O. of…

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McKinsey & Company: Top 10 Newsletter (Third Quarter 2014)

October 2, 2014

Here are brief descriptions with links to the ten articles that were most popular with mckinsey.com readers. To check out other resources, learn more about McKinsey & Company, obtain subscription information, and register to receive email alerts, please click here.…

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