Month: August 2021

7 Strategies to Break Down Silos in Big Meetings

August 31, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sabina Nawaz 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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What you may not already know about Meryl Streep

August 31, 2021

  I am again deeply indebted to International Movie Data base (IMDb) for providing the following information about Meryl Streep, arguably the most talented film actress in recent years. My personal favorites include The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer…

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The AI Marketing Canvas: A book review by Bob Modrris

August 30, 2021

The AI Marketing Canvas: A Five-Stage Road Map to Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Marketing Raj Venkatesan and Jim Lecinski Stanford Business Books (May 2021) How to “supercharge your brand’s consumer journey” with high-impact personalization that consumers now expect In The…

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The 7 Reasons We Fail

August 29, 2021

Actually,  these are seven — rather than the seven — of the reasons why people fail. Here is an nteresting article by Harvey Mackay , published by Success magazine. Only a few of the insights may be surprising but most (if…

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Common Cognitive Distortions: A list of ubiquitous cognitive distortions

August 28, 2021

Becoming mindful of the common cognitive distortions will help you understand yourself and other people better, and improve your decision making. Here is an excerpt from an article by Alice Boyes for Psychology Today. To read the complete article, check out others, and…

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In conversation: Managing in extreme uncertainty

August 27, 2021

Here is an excerpt from the transcript of a podcast in which Sean Brown, Patrick Finn, Mihir Mysore, and Ophelia Usher participate. It was featured in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check…

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Winning Independence: A book review by Bob Morris

August 26, 2021

Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781 John Ferling Bloomsbury (May 2021) From April 1775 until October 1777, how and why  Britain “could have and should have won the war” In his Preface, John Ferling explains that…

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How enterprise architects need to evolve to survive in a digital world

August 26, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Oliver Bossert and Niels Van der Wildt 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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A timeline of how thirteen colonies became an independent nation

August 25, 2021

With all due respect to the Civil War’s importance in our nation’s history, there would have been no nation to preserve had thirteen colonies had not somehow defeated the British almost ninety years previously. Most historians agree that the key…

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The wisdom of Confucius

August 25, 2021

Confucius (551-479 BC) was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period who was traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. * * * I am grateful to BrainyQuote for sharing these observations by Confucius so that…

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