Month: October 2015

David B. Yoffie: An interview by Bob Morris

October 11, 2015

David B. Yoffie is the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at Harvard Business School. A member of the HBS faculty since 1981, he received his Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brandeis…

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7 Tips on Better Brainstorming

October 11, 2015

Here is an annotated checklist of seven tips on brainstorming from the folks at OpenIDEO. To check out a wealth of inspiring content, tips, and stories from the IDEO community, please click here. * * * We happen to think…

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Thinking out of the box about “thinking out of the box”

October 10, 2015

I wish I had a five-dollar bill (or even a dollar bill) for every time I have encountered a reference to “out of the box thinking.” The background to this phrase, briefly, is that it was popularized by motivational speaker…

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5 Steps to Designing a Billion-Dollar Company

October 10, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from a guest post by Patrick Stewart for Inc. magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * A successful multisided business needs to be…

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Larry Light: An interview by Bob Morris

October 9, 2015

Larry Light is the Chief Executive Officer of Arcature LLC, consultants in brand management. Light was a senior executive and Board member at BBDO and President of the international division of Ted Bates. He was Global CMO of McDonald’s from…

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Calculating the Market Value of Leadership

October 9, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Allan Freed and Dave Ulrich 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…

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Leadership BS: A book review by Bob Morris

October 8, 2015

Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time Jeffrey Pfeffer HarperBusiness (September 2015) How to eliminate “too many leadership failures, too many career derailments, and too many toxic workplaces” In Jeffrey Pfeffer’s latest book, he shares his…

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Exceptional Employees Have Emotional Intelligence

October 8, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Travis Bradberry, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * A recent international study…

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Don’t Make These Common Writing Mistakes

October 7, 2015

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * People judge you by your writing, so getting a word…

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With Its Curation Product Twitter Becomes an Editorial Beast.

October 7, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Jay Rosen, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * Does This Beast Have…

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