Month: January 2024

The Hidden Opportunity in Paradoxes

January 30, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by Scott D. Anthony for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Traci Daberko * * * When…

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The Growth Advantage: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 29, 2024

The Growth Advantage: A Business Blueprint for the Ultimate Competitive Advantage Bob Lisser Rowan & Littlefield (May 2022) Here’s the basic blueprint from an architect of organizational competitive advantages “To develop a Strategy Advantage, you need to maximize the following…

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Wisdom on the Other Side of Complexity

January 27, 2024

Long ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. observed, “I don’t care a fig about simplicity on this side of complexity but I would give my life for simplicity on the other side of complexity.” In his latest book, Possible, William Ury…

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What We’re Still Getting Wrong About Performance Management

January 27, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by Amy Leschke-Kahle  for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illuastration Credit: Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images *…

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Eight Essential Leadership Tips for 2024

January 26, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by Laurianne McLaughlin for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here.   link Illustration Credit: Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance

January 26, 2024

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance Various Contributors and HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (May 2022) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle’s insight refers to organizations as well…

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Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 25, 2024

Great Communication Secrets John Baldoni McGraw-Hill (2003) “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw I read this book when it was first published (2003) and recently re-read it, curious to know…

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The Hit Man’s Burden: The Old Country Meets Prozac Nation on “The Sopranos.”

January 23, 2024

Here is a “classic” New Yorker article written by Nancy Franklin and published in the March 22, 1999. issue. To check out other articles in that issue and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Illustration by Lara Tomlin *…

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What Managers Should Ask About AI Models and Data Sets

January 22, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article by  Roger W. Hoerl and Thomas C. Redman for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Alice Mollon/Ikon Images…

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Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want

January 21, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rainer Strack, Susanne Dyrchs, and Allison Bailey for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…

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