Month: October 2020

The Nazi Menace: A book review by Bob Morris

October 18, 2020

The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War Benjamin Carter Hett Henry Holt (August 2020) How and why the Second World War emerged out of “a shocking new world” According to Benjamin Carter Hett, Italy, Germany,…

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What Really Makes Us Resilient?

October 18, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Marcus Buckingham 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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Remembering Wilford Brimley, Cocoon Star and Quaker Oats Pitchman

October 17, 2020

Wilford Brimley in a scene from “Absence of Malice.” “I’m never the leading man,” he said in 1993. “I never get the girl. And I never get to take my shirt off.”   Credit…Columbia Pictures By William Grimes Wilford Brimley,…

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Leaders Need to Harness Aristotle’s 3 Types of Knowledge

October 17, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger L. Martin,  Richard Straub, and Julia Kirby for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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How to be great at people analytics

October 16, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Elizabeth Ledet, Keith McNulty, and Marissa Shandell 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 committed innovator: An interview with Salesforce’s Simon Mulcahy

October 16, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an interview of Salesforce’s Simon Mulcahy by Erik Roth for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. The cloud software provider’s executive vice president and chief innovation officer discusses how its innovation process creates…

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How unknown biases destroy relationships

October 15, 2020

  As you may already know, Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham introduced their concept of “the unknown unknowns” in 1955. That is, ignorance of one’s ignorance. This is is probably what Mark Twain had in mind when observing, ” It…

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Knowing when to kill a project

October 15, 2020

Here is a brief article written by J. André de Barros Teixeira, Tim Koller, and Dan Lovallo for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and…

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Just Breathe

October 15, 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. *     *     * If you’re managing higher levels of stress these…

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What you may not know about Jennifer Lawrence

October 14, 2020

Thank you, IMDb, for providing a wealth of information about  the entertainment world. For example, the life and work of Jennifer Lawrence: Was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016. With her films grossing over $5.5 billion…

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