Month: April 2023

Why digital strategies fail

April 4, 2023

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jacques Bughin, Tanguy Catlin, Martin Hirt, and Paul Willmott for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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What you may not already know about Vladimir Putin

April 3, 2023

Vladimir Putin (born 1952) is the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin, having led the country for more than 2 decades as either its Prime Minister or its President. His time in power has been characterized by territorial tensions in…

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On Belonging: A book review by Bob Morris

April 3, 2023

On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation   Kim Samuel Abrams Press (September 2022) You are large, you contain multitudes…just like everyone else. The title of this brief commentary channels a reassurance from Walt Whitman in “Song of Myself.”…

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Good Leadership Is About Asking Good Questions

April 2, 2023

Here is a brief but substantial article written by John Hagel III for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To  check out HBR’s wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please click here. Credit: …

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Forrest Breyfogle III on High-Impact Process Improvement: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

April 2, 2023

Forrest W. Breyfogle III is a Professional Engineer and ASQ (American Society for Quality) Fellow who founded Smarter Solutions in 1992. As a management thought leader and innovator, he developed the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) business management system. IEE provides radical…

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Origins of April Fools’ Day

April 1, 2023

I came upon the material that follows at A&E’s HISTORY website. Seriously. * * * April Fools’ Day—occurring on April 1 each year—has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, though its exact origins remain a mystery. April Fools’…

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