Month: June 2016

Beyond Cybersecurity: A book review by Bob Morris

June 11, 2016

Beyond Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Digital Business James Kaplan, Tucker Bailey, Derek O’Halloran, Alan Marcus, and Chris Rezek John Wiley & Sons (2015) How and why all organizations must develop digital resilience to establish and then sustain cybersecurity First of all,…

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A Baker’s Dozen of Transportation Myths: Which Are True?

June 10, 2016

In Door to Door, Edward Humes explores “the magnificent, maddening, mysterious world of transportation.” Many of those who read the book will be surprised by what he has to say about various myths and whether or not each is true.…

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Magic and Loss: A book review by Bob Morris

June 10, 2016

Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art Virginia Heffernan Simon & Schuster (June 2016) How and why the Internet is “the most powerful expansion and expression of the project of being human” Virginia Heffernan observes, “These are exciting times, filled…

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Jimmy Dunne III (senior managing principal of the investment banking firm Sandler O’Neill & Partners) in “The Corner Office”

June 9, 2016

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 Jimmy Dunne III, . To…

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This Brave New World: A book review by Bob Morris

June 9, 2016

This Brave New World: India, China and the United States Anja Manuel Simon & Schuster (2016) How and why the United States, China, and India – indeed must – create a positive brave new world As Anja Manuel explains, “The…

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That’s Not How We Do It Here!: A book review by Bob Morris

June 8, 2016

That’s Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall–and Can Rise Again John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber Portfolio Penguin/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (June 2016) How to create and then sustain a best-of-both-worlds…

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Carter Murray (worldwide C.E.O. of the advertising agency FCB aka Foote, Cone & Belding) in “The Corner Office”

June 8, 2016

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 Carter Murray , worldwide C.E.O.…

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The Coaching Habit: A book review by Bob Morris

June 7, 2016

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever Michael Bungay Stanier Box of Crayons Press (2016) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Aristotle provides…

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The Power of the Other: A book review by Bob Morris

June 7, 2016

The Power of the Other: The startling effect other people have on you, from the boardroom to the bedroom and beyond — and what to do about it Henry Cloud HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (June 2016) “Champions get up when…

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Winning Well: A book review by Bob Morris

June 6, 2016

Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results – Without Losing Your Soul Karin Hurt and David Dye AMACOM (2016) How to build a workforce culture within which personal growth and professional development are most likely to thrive It is…

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