Month: December 2021

It’s that time again….

December 19, 2021

Every year since 1999 when I began to blog, I have taken a two-week break in mid-December to concentrate on celebrating the holiday season with family members and other loved ones. It’s that time again…. Best wishes to you and…

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Collective Genius: A book review by Bob Morris

December 19, 2021

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Valuable perspectives on the role of the leader in creating and then sustaining a culture within which…

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Open Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

December 17, 2021

Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption from Outside the C-Suite Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Kurt Matzler, and Stephen Friedrich von den Eichen The MIT Press (October 2021) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go…

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Why Criticism Is Good for Creativity

December 17, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roberto Verganti and Don Norman 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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3 Common Fallacies About Creativity

December 17, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written byby Anu Arora, Pronita Mehrotra, and Sandeep Krishnamurthy 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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The Transformation Myth: A book review by Bob Morris

December 17, 2021

The Transformation Myth: Leading Your Organization Through Uncertain Times Gerald C.Kane, Rich Nanda, Ann Nguyen Phillips, and Jonathan R. Copulsky The MIT Press (September 2021) How companies strengthened by disruption use it to achieve high-impact innovations To what does the…

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When Autonomy Helps Team Performance — and When It Doesn’t

December 16, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Linus Dahlander, Viktoria Boss, Christoph Ihl, and Rajshri Jayaraman for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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Winning the Right Game: A book review by Bob Morris

December 16, 2021

Winning the Right Game: How to Disrupt, Defend, and Deliver in a Changing World Ron Adner The MIT Press (October 2021) How to understand the implications of change in order to manage the disruption it creates In my opinion, there…

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6 Types of Resilience Companies Need Today

December 15, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Paul Polman and  Andrew Winston 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…

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Alive at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

December 15, 2021

Alive at Work: The Neuroscience of Helping Your People to Love What They Do Daniel Cable Harvard Business Review Press (March 2018) “I wonder what my soul does all day when I’m at work.” — Graffiti in London Recent research…

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