Month: January 2021

Improving the management of complex business partnerships

January 31, 2021

  Here is an excerpt from an aarticle from the McKinsey Quarterly, written by Ruth De Backer and Eileen Kelly Rinaudo and  published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and…

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This Two-Minute Morning Practice Will Make Your Day Better

January 31, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Neil Pasricha 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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Checking the health of your business partnerships

January 30, 2021

  Here is an excerpt from an article from the McKinsey Quarterly, written by Ankur Agrawal, Kenneth Bonheure, and Eileen Kelly Rinaudo, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign…

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Digital Business Transformation: A book review by Bob Morris

January 30, 2021

Digital Business Transformation: How Established Companies Sustain Competitive Advantage From Now to Next Nigel Vaz Wiley (January 2021) How companies thrive by defending, differentiating, or disrupting themselves and their markets Drawing upon wide and deep experience with all manner of…

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Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: A book review by Bob Morris

January 29, 2021

Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer Harvard Business Review Press (January 2021) “Vision without execution is hallucination.”  Thomas Edison There are 5.5 million family-owned businesses in…

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Delighting in the possible

January 29, 2021

  Here is an excerpt from an another “classic” article from the McKinsey Quarterly, written by Zafer Achi and Jennifer Garvey Berger and published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the…

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A Final Interview With Hank Aaron: “I Recognized That I Had a Gift”

January 28, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article by based on a conversation that Douglas Brinkley had with Henry Aaron just before the Hall of Famer’s death. It was published in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check…

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25 Great Writers and Thinkers Weigh In on Books That Matter

January 28, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an especially important article written by Tina Jordan, Noor Qasim, and John Williams that appeared in The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscriptions, please…

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The Maker of the Aeron Chair Grapples with Politics and the Pandemic

January 27, 2021

Here is another superb article from David Gelles for The New York Times in which he shares his conversation with Andi Owen. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscriptions, please click here. Credit:…

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How to Scale a Successful Pilot Project

January 27, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ron Ashkenas and Nadim Matta 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…

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