Month: November 2019

Max McKeown on the workplace culture in which innovation thrives

November 19, 2019

In his latest book, The Innovator’s Book, Max Mckeown asserts that innovation “is about practical creativity. It’s about making new ideas into something useful. Innovators do this work. They make the previously impossible possible.” Moreover, “Culture is the sum total…

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Human/Machine: A book review by Bob Morris

November 18, 2019

Human/Machine: The Future of Our Partnership with Machines Daniel Newman /Olivier Blanchard Kogan Page INSPIRE (July 2018) The Decisive Competitive Advantage of “Big Brother/Big Mother/Big Butler” collaborations According to  Daniel Newman and Olivier Blanchard, humans come up with a concept…

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If You’re Constantly Feeling Overwhelmed, Try This

November 18, 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. *     *     * Between work, family, and our personal lives, it’s no…

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Pamela Newkirk on the Diversity Imperative: An interview by Bob Morris

November 17, 2019

Pamela Newkirk is a journalist, professor, and multidisciplinary scholar whose work traverses history and journalism. Her book, Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business, was published by Bold Type Books (October 2019). In it, she examines why, after five decades…

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The Leader You Want to Be: A book review by Bob Morris

November 17, 2019

The Leader You Want to Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best — Every Day Amy Jen Su Harvard Business Review Press (October 2017) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”…

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Do Your Company Norms Promote the Behavior You Want?

November 15, 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. *     *     * Every company has unwritten rules that dictate how people…

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Imagine It Forward: A book review by Bob Morris

November 15, 2019

Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change Beth Comstock with Tahl Raz Currency/Penguin Random House (September 2018) How to get comfortable with discomfort and uncomfortable with the tyranny of custom In this book written with Tahl Raz,…

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On the importance of adaptive capacity

November 14, 2019

  In their classic HBR article (2002), “Crucibles of Leadership,” Warren Bennis and Robert Thomas examine four skills that enable leaders to learn from adversity: 1. Engage others in shared meaning 2. A distinctive, compelling voice 3. Integrity 4. Adaptive…

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The Secrets of Successful Female Networkers

November 14, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by  Tim Bower 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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The Artist in the Machine: A book review by Bob Morris

November 14, 2019

The Artist in the Machine: The World of AI-Powered Creativity Arthur I. Miller MIT Press (October 2019) However advanced AI may become, it will still need human intuition, judgment…and supervision Arthur I. Miller offers a rigorous and eloquent exploration of…

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