Month: January 2018

“The 10 Best Life and Business Lessons I’ve Learned So Far”

January 11, 2018

Here are three of several business insights learned from Timothy Sykes, Elon Musk’s chief automotive designer, that almost anyone can can apply to life and business. To read the complete article and check out others that Entrepreneur magazine offers, please…

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13 Subtle [and Not So Subtle] Ways Women Are Treated Differently At Work

January 11, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article by Jenna Goudreau for Business Insider. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * How can you fight an enemy you can’t see? That’s the challenge…

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On Ted Levitt and “Marketing Myopia”

January 10, 2018

Here is an excerpt from a article written about Theodore Levitt by the editors of Harvard Business Review (July/August 2004 issue) and the HBR Blog Network. His “Marketing Myopia” is generally viewed as the single most important article in what continues to be…

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The Right — and Wrong — Stuff: A book review by Bob Morris

January 10, 2018

The Right — and Wrong — Stuff: How Brilliant Careers Are Made and Unmade Carter Cast Public Affairs (January 2018) “What really impedes the progress of talented people? Why do some careers stall while others flourish?” Careers as well as…

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The Next Factory of the World: A book review by Bob Morris

January 9, 2018

The Next Factory of the World: How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa Irene Yuan Sun Harvard Business Review Press (October 2017) How and why each “Factory of the World” becomes a gravitational center within the global marketplace It is noteworthy…

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If You Aren’t Good at Planning, Get Tips from People Who Are

January 9, 2018

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 your brain isn’t naturally wired for making…

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Exercising Your  Brain to Achieve Cognitive Fitness: A Personal Program

January 8, 2018

In their classic HBR article, “Cognitive Fitness” (November 2007), Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts explain how to exercise your brain. Here is a brief excerpt. o     o     o So how can you become cognitively fit? Drawing selectively from the…

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Leading from Within: A book review by Bob Morris

January 8, 2018

Leading from Within: Conscious Social Change and Mindfulness for Social Innovation Gretchen Ki Steidle MIT Press (October 2017) How mindfulness can “enhance social impact as well as ensure sustainability for self, others, and the planet” As I began to read…

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When Designing an A/B Test, Pick Your Metrics Ahead of Time

January 7, 2018

  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. *     *     * A/B testing has become a popular way…

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Draft No.4: A book review by Bob Morris

January 7, 2018

Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process John McPhee Farrar, Strauss & Giroux (September 2017) “Actually, the essence of the process is revision.” I have read many of John McPhee’s previously published books and consider him to be among the…

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