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The Way of the Seal: A book review by Bob Morris

June 14, 2018

The Way of the Seal: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed Mark Divine with Allyson Edelhertz Machate Reader’s Digest Adult Trade Publishing (2018) Hooyah! The subject of non-conventional warriors has been of special interest to me since…

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Establish Norms for How Your Team Will Work Together

June 10, 2018

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Is your team struggling to work well together? Perhaps a…

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Decoding leadership: What really matters

June 9, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Claudio Feser, Fernanda Mayol, and Ramesh Srinivasan for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain…

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31 of the Most Inspirational Quotes of All Time to Start Your Day

May 22, 2018

I encountered the list that follows at StumbleUpon.com. Several of the quotations were new to me. Perhaps a few will be of interest and value to you. * * * The way you start your day can have tremendous impact…

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Where the Hell Are the Guns?: A book review by Bob Morris

May 14, 2018

Where the Hell Are the Guns?: A Soldier’s View of the Anxious Years, 1939-44 George Blackburn McClelland & Stewart (1999) Although the last of Blackburn’s three volumes about World War Two have been published (The Guns of Normandy and The…

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My Mother

May 13, 2018

My hope for every child is that they have the kind of mother I had. Margaret (“Dolly”) Morris divorced a man unworthy of her, raised me as a single-parent, and made countless personal sacrifices to so that I had everything…

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Marty Neumeier on “The Five Ps of Design Thinking”

May 5, 2018

Over the years, Marty Neumeier has published eight bestsellers and his ninth —SCRAMBLE — will be published in October. There is no other business thinker I hold in higher regard. Marty’s mind reminds me of a Swiss Army knife. For…

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Human + Machine: A book review by Bob Morris

May 4, 2018

Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI Paul Daugherty and James Wilson Harvard Business Review Press (March 2018) Here is a roadmap for understanding and navigating the AI revolution According to Paul Daugherty and James Wilson, “the…

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“What is your core business?”

May 3, 2018

I continue to be amazed by the number of business executives who do not know what their core business is. ServiceMASTER has several divisions/brands: Terminix, American Home Shield, ServiceMASTER Restore, ServiceMASTER Clean, Merry Maids, Furniture Medic, and AmeriSpec. Years ago,…

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Coworking in Canada

April 30, 2018

Much has been said and written about major changes in the traditional workplace environment in response to equally important changes the workers themselves. Long ago, Charles Darwin observed, “It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is…

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