Month: June 2021

Choose Your Customer: A book review by Bob Morris

June 10, 2021

Choose Your Customer: How to Compete Against the Digital Giants and Thrive Jonathan L.S. Byrnes and John S. Wass McGraw Hill (May 2021) A brilliant explanation how to achieve success amidst a “tsunami” of disruption As I began to read…

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McKinsey on Books: Author Talks

June 10, 2021

Explore McKinsey’s Author Talks series of interviews, this month’s best-selling business books prepared exclusively for McKinsey Publishing by NPD, and a collection of books by McKinsey authors on the management issues that matter, from leadership and talent to digital transformation,…

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Preparing for Re-entry into the Physical Workplace: Lessons from NASA

June 9, 2021

Michael Stallard is an author, keynote speaker, and global expert on how leaders develop work culture to tap into the power of human connection that maximizes productivity, innovation and performance. I urge you to check out each of his 55…

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Peter F. Drucker on Management Essentials: A book review by Bob Morris

June 8, 2021

Peter F. Drucker on Management Essentials, Peter F. Drucker, Harvard Business Review Press, “So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work”, Drucker’s widely quoted comment helps to explain why so many organizations…

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How to Make Friends with Your Inner Imposter

June 7, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Amantha Imber 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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Why You Should Invest in Unconventional Talent

June 6, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Debbie Ferguson and Fredrick (“Flee”) Lee 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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Choosing Courage: A book review by Bob Morris

June 5, 2021

Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work Jim Detert Harvard Business Review Press (May 2021) A thorough analysis of “natural human tendencies in the face of common opportunities for courage” As Jim Detert explains in Chapter 1,…

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The Big Benefits of Employee Ownership

June 4, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Thomas Dudley and for Harvard Business Review’s The Big Idea Series / Getting Serious About Stakeholder Capitalism and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth…

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A New Model to Spark Innovation Inside Big [and Other] Companies

June 3, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nitin Nohria and Hemant Taneja 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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The Seven Basic Plots Throughout the History of Storytelling

June 2, 2021

In their recently published book, The Imagination Game, Martin Reeves and Jack Fuller explain how to spark new ideas and create your company’s future. In Chapter Six, they examine the seven basic plots throughout the history of storytelling. Briefly: VOYAGE…

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