Month: June 2020

4 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Big Data Project

June 10, 2020

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. *     *     * Up to 85% of big data projects fail, often…

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Change leader, change thyself

June 10, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nate Boaz and Erica Ariel Fox for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign…

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The wisdom of Confucius

June 9, 2020

Over several decades, I have accumulated quotations from hundreds of sources and Confucius (551 BC-479 BC) is one of my personal favorites. Confucius, also known as Kong Qui or K’ung Fu-tzu, was a Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure. His…

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How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams

June 9, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joan C. Williams and Sky Mihaylo for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…

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The CEO’s Time Machine: A book review by Bob Morris

June 9, 2020

The CEO’s Time Machine Geoff Thatcher with Zoe Thatcher (Illustrator) Casa Flamingo Literary Arts (April 2020) A garage unlike any other Here’s the basic situation. The COO of “the world’s fastest growing and most innovative company is about to become…

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Observations by Bette Davis on her life and work

June 8, 2020

I think IMDb is the single best source for information about multiple entertainment industries, including film. Here is a selection of observations by Bette Davis. No other actor brought greater energy to a conversation, both on and off the screen.…

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Leading Through Anxiety

June 8, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Morra Aarons-Mele 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,…

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Doing Agile Right: A book review by Bob Morris

June 8, 2020

Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos  Darrell K. Rigby, Sarah Elk, and Steven H. Berez Harvard Business Review Press (May 2020) “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.”  Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi achieved change of…

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Build a change platform, not a change program

June 7, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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Leadership in Turbulent Times: A book review by Bob Morris

June 7, 2020

Leadership in Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin Simon & Schuster (2018) Profiles of great leadership “not in turbulent times alone, but also in our everyday lives” I read this book when it was first published and recently re-read it after…

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