Month: October 2019

Agility: A book review by Bob Morris

October 25, 2019

Agility: How to Navigate the Unknown and Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption Leo M. Tilman and General Charles Jacoby Missionday (October 2019) Here’s how to identify, assess, and then respond to severe marketplace disruption with high-impact However different…

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Resilience in TMT: Winning in downturns

October 25, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Varanjot Kaur, Eric Kutcher, Dev Patel, and Sid Tandon for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm,…

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Teams Unleashed: A book review by Bob Morris

October 24, 2019

Teams Unleashed: How to Release the Power and Human Potential of Work Teams Phillip Sandahl and Alexis Phillips Nicholas Brealey Publishers (October 2019) Great Teams: Here’s a model and methodology to create one According to Phillip Sandahl and Alexis Phillips,…

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5 Things Leaders Do That Stifle Innovation

October 24, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kerry Goyette 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…

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LeaderSHOP Volume 2: A book review by Bob Morris

October 23, 2019

LeaderSHOP Volume 2: Workplace, Career, and Life Advice From Today’s Top Thought Leaders Rodger Dean Duncan Maxwell Stone Publishing (September 2019) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt Organizations — including…

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Help People Understand Your Data by Making It Relatable

October 23, 2019

  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 can’t use data to make decisions if they don’t understand what the…

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Ten Common Misconceptions About George Washington

October 22, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article about the first President of the United States from the George Washington/Mount Vernon website. Some of the most commonly known “facts” about George Washington are simply not true. Go beyond the mythology and…

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Digital Transformation: A book review by Bob Morris

October 22, 2019

Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction Thomas M. Siebel Rosetta Books (July 2019) Creative disruption and natural selection in the 21st century  Years ago, Charles Darwin observed: “It is not the most intellectual of the…

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The Second Machine Age: A book review by Bob Morris

October 21, 2019

The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee W.W. Norton & Company (2014) “Technology is not destiny. We shape our destiny.” Opinions vary as to the timeframe of the…

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The maturity-based cybersecurity approach: A dog that’s had its day

October 21, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jim Boehm, Nick Curcio, Peter Merrath, Lucy Shenton, and Tobias Stähle for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about…

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