Month: February 2015

Guy Kawasaki’s Required Reading

February 10, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article by Theodore Kinni for strategy+business published by Strategy& (Formerly Booz & Company). He shares Guy Kawasaki‘s comments about four of his favorite business books.. To read the complete article, check out others, learn…

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Dorothy Leonard: An interview by Bob Morris

February 10, 2015

Dorothy Leonard, the William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration Emerita, joined the Harvard faculty in 1983 after teaching for three years at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has taught MBA courses in managerial leadership,…

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Scott Anthony on The Fourth Era of Innovation: “The New Corporate Garage”

February 10, 2015

To the right is the rented garage in which Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard began forming, in 1939, a two-person company — the original Silicon Valley startup. Working with limited resources, the pair created a series of products—starting with audio…

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HBR Guide to Project Management: A book review by Bob Morris

February 9, 2015

HBR Guide to Project Management Various (23) Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2012) “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead This is one…

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Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad on “Competing for the Future”

February 9, 2015

In a classic article they wrote for the Harvard Business Review (July 1994 issue), Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad share their thoughts about how to create the future by asking the right questions and then obtaining the right answers. As…

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Marcia Reynolds on discomfort in the workplace: Part 1 of a second interview by Bob Morris

February 9, 2015

Dr. Marcia Reynolds, president of Covisioning LLC, works with clients around the world who seek to develop effective leaders. She understands organizational cultures, what blocks communication and innovation, and what is needed to bring people together for better results. She…

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Kevin Ashton Describes “the Internet of Things”

February 8, 2015

During his interview by Arik Gabbai for Smithsonian magazine, Kevin Ashton weighs in on what human life will be like a century from now. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here.…

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The “secret sauce” of great teams

February 8, 2015

Why do so many teams fail to live up to their promise? Because of the obstinate belief that human beings are rational entities. And because team designers fail to take into account the subtle, unconscious dynamics that influence human behavior.…

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BOLD: A book review by Bob Morris

February 7, 2015

BOLD: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler Simon & Schuster (2015) Here are exponential tools and techniques as well as key modes of thinking to solve large-scale (insoluble?) global problems There…

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How Companies Can Profit from a “Growth Mindset”

February 7, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Harvard Business Review Staff for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR…

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