Month: August 2017
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[amazon_link asins=’0814438601′ template=’Lead-ProductAd-image’ store=’bobmorris1-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’b9858e36-8f51-11e7-b6a8-a363a00ac3de’] Driving Digital: The Leader’s Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology Isaac Sacolick AMACOM (August 2017) All organizations need leaders willing and able to “take on the challenges of driving business and digital transformation” In…
Read MoreBruce Hazen is the co-author of the recently published book, Business Models for Teams: See How Your Organization Really Works and How Each Person Fits In, published by Portfolio/Penguin Random House (June 2017). Here are the dos and don’ts he…
Read MoreJonathan Swift: The Reluctant Rebel John Stubbs W.W. Norton (February 2017) A “reluctant rebel” who was “large,” who “contained multitudes” There is no shortage of biographical material about Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) so for most people, what Robert DeMaria, Jr. provides…
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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam M. Grant Viking The 18th century economist Richard Cantillon coined the word entrepreneur, which means literally “bearer of risks.” Wharton professor Adam Grant wouldn’t question that entrepreneurs accept more risk than most. But in his new book, Originals, he challenges the conventional…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Peter Heslin, Susan J. Ashford, and Lauren Keating for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…
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Here is an excerpt from an especially interesting article by Richard Feloni for Business Insider in which he discusses one of the most influential as well as highly respected people in modern technology. Steve Jobs revered him. In fact, Campbell…
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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. * * * If you’re preparing yourself for a conversation that you’ve…
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There are many paths to growth, and high performers take more than one—supported by reinforcing capabilities such as advanced analytics and digital customer-experience management. Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Kabir Ahuja, Liz Hilton Segel,…
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The Delta Model for Building Analytics Capability
In the updated and expanded edition of Competing on Analytics (first published in 2007), Tom Davenport and Jeanne Harris focus on an important lesson: “Extracting value from information is not primarily a matter of how much data you have or…
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