Month: May 2025

Another Way: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 12, 2025

Another Way: Building Companies That Last…and Last…and Last Dave Whorton with Bo Burlington Harvard Business Review Press (May 2025) A brilliant analysis of “underappreciated and undersupported” values-driven companies In a book written with the invaluable assistance of Bo Burlingham (author…

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Charles Spinosa on Developing High-Impact Leadership: Part IV of an Interview by Bob Morris

May 12, 2025

Charles Spinosa has been a management consultant for the last 27 years. He draws on thinking from philosophy and literature to develop leaders, change organizational cultures, and develop new customer propositions. He has worked with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups…

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Wicked Problems: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 10, 2025

Wicked Problems: What Can We Do In This Time of Collapse? Christian Sarkar and Philip Kotler Idea Bite Press (March 2025) If the world’s worst problems are interconnected, then their solutions must also be interconnected. According to Phil Kotler, “This…

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The Stoic Capitalist: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 9, 2025

The Stoic Capitalist: Advice for the Exceptionally Ambitious, Robert Rosenkrantz Bloomsbury (May 2025) How to free yourself for yourself To “free yourself from yourself” means to break free from limiting self-beliefs, attachments, and behaviors that hinder personal growth and happiness.…

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The World Is Your Office: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 8, 2025

The World Is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation Prithwiraj Choudhury Harvard Business Review Press (April 2025) “The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.” W. Edwards Deming Wherever you…

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The Sweaty Startup: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 7, 2025

The Sweaty Startup: How to Get Rich Doing Boring Things Nick Huber HarperBusiness (April 2025) Do you have what it takes to build your own business? Nick Huber wrote this book to help as many people as possible to answer…

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When to Use GenAI Versus Predictive AI

May 6, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rama Ramakrishnan  for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:  Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT…

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Seeing Around Corners: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 5, 2025

Seeing Around Corners: C-Suite Wisdom from America’s Most Insightful Leaders Ken Banta Post Hill Press (April 2025) Two ears, two eyes, one mouth: Listen and observe at least 80% of the time The title of this review was derived from…

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A New Machine Learning Approach Answers What-If Questions

May 4, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Stefan Feuerriegel, Yash Raj Shrestha, and Georg von Krogh for 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 Psychology of Leadership: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 3, 2025

The Psychology of Leadership: Timeless Principles to Improve Your Management of Individuals, Teams…and Yourself  Sébastien Page Harriman House (April 2025) Channeling Henry Ford: Whether you think you can become a high-impact leader or think you can’t, you’re probably right. According…

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