Month: October 2021

HBR’s Insights from the Year in Tech 2021: A book review by Bob Morris

October 30, 2021

The Year in Tech 2021: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review (HBR Insights Series) Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (October 2021) Which high technologies will probably be most disruptive? How best to…

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Racial Justice: Insights from HBR — A book review by Bob Morris

October 29, 2021

Racial Justice: Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review  Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (December 2020) “Justice delayed is justice denied.” William E. Gladstone This is one of the first volumes in a new series published by Harvard Business…

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The “how” in creating inclusive workplaces

October 28, 2021

Here is a brief article written by Laura London, Drew Goldstein, and Diana Ellsworth for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. As they explain, creating an inclusive and diverse workplace takes more than just the will to make…

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Peak Mind: A book review by Bob Morris

October 27, 2021

Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day Amishi P. Jha HarperOne/A HarperCollins Imprint (October 2021) How to nourish neural bases of attention to strengthen mindfulness amidst constant distraction Amishi Jha speaks for many people…

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Personal experience of inclusion: Critical to winning the war for talent

October 27, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Drew Goldstein, David Mendelsohn, and Julia Sperling-Magro for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. Seven practices can improve personal experiences of inclusion and help diverse teams thrive.To read the…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads: 2022

October 26, 2021

HBR’s 10 Must Reads: 2022 Various Contributors, including HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (October 2021) Definitive management ideas that will have great impact in 2022 This is the latest volume in a series introduced in 2015, the “HBR 10…

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Five technology building blocks to power customer-centric, data-driven growth

October 25, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jason Cherok, Sean Flavin, Richard Li, and Valerie Skinner for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm,…

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Beyond Happiness: A book review by Bob Morris

October 24, 2021

Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact Jenn Lin Grand Central Publishing (October 2021) “Death is not the greatest loss in life…[but rather] what dies inside us while we live.” This assertion by Norman…

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The Problem with “Greedy Work”

October 23, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gretchen Gavett 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, please…

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The Zambian Economist at the Crossroads of Global Business

October 23, 2021

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

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