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Revisiting an Interview of Chris Zook

April 2, 2025

A partner at Bain & Company,  Chris Zook is co-leader of the firm’s Global Strategy Practice. Zook’s work has focused on companies searching for new sources of profitable growth, in a wide range of industries. His published works include Profit…

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The Many Guises of Robert Frost

April 1, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Maggie Doherty for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:  Photograph by Ray…

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Reinvent: A Book Review Revisited

March 30, 2025

Reinvent: Navigating Business Transformation in a Hyperdigital Era  Faisal Hoque Fast Company Press (July 2023) “What got you here won’t get you there.”  Marshall Goldsmith I agree with Marshall Goldsmith. In fact, I take his insight a step further: What…

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Once Upon a Time: The Lure of Fairy Tales

March 28, 2025

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Joan Acocella for The New Yorker (July 16, 2012). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration…

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Conflict Resilience: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 25, 2025

Conflict Resilience: Negotiating Disagreement Without Giving Up or Giving In Robert C. Bordone and Joel Salinas Harper Business/An Imprint of HarperCollins (March 2025) Conflict is getting the best of us. What to do about it? HOW? Robert Bordone and Joel…

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Charles Spinosa on Developing High-Impact Leadership: Part 2 of an Interview by Bob Morris

March 24, 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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Personality Traits That Most Geniuses Have

March 22, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article by Regi George Jenarius that caught my eye. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * While all geniuses were not made equal, they all share with each other common…

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Why I Wrote “The Crucible”: An artist’s answer to politics.

March 20, 2025

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Arthur Miller for The New Yorker (October 13, 1996). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:  Photograph…

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Originals: A Book Review Revisited

March 19, 2025

  Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam M. Grant Viking (2018) Note: I read this book when it was first published and have just re-read it again. I enjoyed it even more this time and highly recommend it. How…

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Leaders’ Critical Role in Building a Learning Culture

March 19, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Henrik Saabye and Thomas Borup Kristensen 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.…

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