Month: April 2021

Promotions Aren’t Just About Your Skills – They’re About Your Relationships

April 30, 2021

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Amii Barnard-Bahn 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 wit and wisdom of Richard Dawkins

April 29, 2021

Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford’s Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. An…

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Mastering Comunication at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

April 28, 2021

Mastering Comunication at Work: How to Lead, Manage, and Influence (Second Edition) Ethan F. Becker and Jon Wortman McGraw Hill (2/10/21) How to gain a competitive advantage that very few others have I often read 2-3 books at the same…

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Innovate or Die: Why This Trendy Saying is Absolutely True

April 27, 2021

Here is an article written by Erica Brown that caught my eye about ten years ago. * * * I would like to share an idea with you that I believe will have a huge impact on the future of…

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Centralized Decision Making Helps Kill Bad Products

April 27, 2021

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Joseph and Ronald Klingebiel 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…

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Why Startups Fail: A book review by Bob Morris

April 26, 2021

Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success Tom Eisenmann Currency (March 2021) “If you cannot fail, you cannot learn.” Eric Ries Curious, I did some preliminary research before reading this book. These data caught my eye: o 51…

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Here’s the secret sauce of consistent success for all businesses, year after year after year

April 25, 2021

In Better, Simpler Strategy, Felix Oberholzer-Gee recommends a strategy that could not be simpler: “create substantial value for customers, employees, or suppliers” consistently, year after year after year. This approach is best captured in a simple graph which he calls…

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Milton Friedman’s Unique Perspectives

April 23, 2021

Milton Friedman (1912 – 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy. With George Stigler…

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Innovation Starts with Defining the Right Constraints

April 22, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Fiona Murray and Elsbeth Johnson 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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Balancing Act: Teach, Coach, Mentor, Inspire

April 21, 2021

Balancing Act : Teach, Coach, Mentor, Inspire Andrew Temte Kaplan Publishing (April 2021) How to accelerate and enrich personal growth and professional development As I began to read this book, I was again reminded of Jack Welch’s response when GE’s…

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