Month: July 2019

It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

July 5, 2019

It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson HarperBusiness (October 2018) How smarter choices can avoid or eliminate chaos in the workplace This is Jason Fried and David Heinemeier’s fourth collaboration on a book…

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7 Ways to Set Up a New Hire for Success

July 5, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael D. Watkins 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 email alerts, please click…

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AP FACT CHECK: Trump often is wrong about military matters

July 4, 2019

Today, the current occupant of the Oval Office will seize the opportunity to celebrate himself — rather than American Independence — in the best way he knows how: lying. Here is an excerpt from an article by Calvin Woodward, Hope…

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The Sponsor Effect: A book review by Bob Morris

July 3, 2019

The Sponsor Effect: How to Be a Better Leader by Investing in Others Sylvia Ann Hewlett Harvard Business Review Press (June 2019) HOW to fulfill your leadership potential by helping others to fulfill theirs The title of one of Sylvia…

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When Your Boss Wears Metal Pants

July 3, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Walter Frick 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 email alerts, please…

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Reboot: A book review by Bob Morris

July 2, 2019

Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up Jerry Colonna HarperBusiness (June 2019) If you don’t care abut knowing who you really are, why should anyone else? In his classic work, Denial of Death, Ernest Becker acknowledges that everyone dies…

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During this national celebration of independence….

July 2, 2019

During this national celebration of independence, I am especially aware of what brave women as well as men encountered/endured after the Declaration when waging war with what were then (by far) the most powerful military forces in the world. Near…

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Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson on Warfare Metaphors

July 1, 2019

Over the years in numerous posts, I have referred to Sun Tzu’s Art of War and von Causwitz’s On War, suggesting correlations between the battlefield and the marketplace. Both authors hated war because they had wide and deep experience with…

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When Algorithms Make Managers Worse

July 1, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mike Walsh 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 email alerts, please click…

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