Month: December 2024

The AI Playbook: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 11, 2024

The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Development Eric Siegel MIT Press (February 2024) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison Here in a single volume is probably what leaders of most organizations need to know about…

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The Value of Values: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 8, 2024

The Value of Values: How Leaders Can Grow Their Businesses and Enhance Their Careers by Doing the Right Thing Daniel Aronson MIT Press (November 2024) Values are our compass. They determine what we do and where we go during our…

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The Alchemy of Talent: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 6, 2024

The Alchemy of Talent: Leading Teams to Peak Performance           Vijay Pendakur Amplify Publishing Group (December 2024) How to achieve “Threefold Wins” for individuals, teams, and 0rganizations This book is best viewed as a “roadmap” for senior-level…

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How leaders kill meaning at work

December 5, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (January 1, 2012). To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign…

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The Enduring Enterprise: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 4, 2024

The Enduring Enterprise: How Family Businesses Thrive in Turbulent Conditions Devin DeCiantis and Ivan Lansberg Public Affairs (November 2024) These strategies can help almost any organization to respond effectively to disruptive megatrends As I began to read this book, I…

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Critical Thinking: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 4, 2024

Critical Thinking Jonathan Haber MIT Press (April 2020) Channeling Charles Kettering: “If that’s what you’ve always thought, you’re probably wrong.” This is one of the most valuable volumes in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series. According to Bruce Tidor (Professor…

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Deep Learning: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 3, 2024

Deep Learning John D. Kelleher MIT Press (September 2019) A brilliant analysis of learning “on the other side of complexity” This is one of the most valuable volumes in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series. According to Bruce Tidor (Professor…

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GenAI Tools and Decision-Making: Beware a New Control Trap

December 3, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by J. Mauricio Galli Geleilate and Beth K. Humberd for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information,…

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The Lion and Me

December 2, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by John Lahr for The New Yorker (November 8, 1998). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. *…

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