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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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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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Big Data @ Work: A Book Review by Bob Morris

November 22, 2024

Big Data @ Work: Dispelling the Myths, Uncovering the Opportunities Thomas H. Davenport Harvard Business Review Press (2014) How to make much better decisions about and then with big data systems and capabilities Over the years, I have read and…

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Celebrating the Centennial of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”

November 21, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by John Updike for The New Yorker (September 17, 2000). 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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The Myth of the Sustainable Consumer

November 20, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andreas von der Gathen, Nicolai Broby Eckert, and Caroline Kastbjerg for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and obtain…

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Henri Matisse’s Revolutionary Colors

November 19, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Janet Flanner for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. (This is the first part…

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Michael Schrage on “How to Craft Great Business Experiments”

November 19, 2024

I have read and reviewed Michael Schrage‘s latest book, The Innovator’s Hypothesis: How Cheap Experiments Are Worth More than Good Ideas, published by The MIT Press (September 2014). Schrage develops in much greater depth in this, his latest book [as of…

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Taking the measure of your innovation performance

November 17, 2024

Here is a brief excerpt from a Bain Brief co-authored by Eric Almquist, Mitchell Leiman, Darrell Rigby and Alex Roth, featured at Bain & Company’s website. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of resources, and sign up for email alerts, please…

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’Tis the Season to Reflect on Your Professional Relationships

November 17, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Marlo Lyons for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: master1305/Getty Images *…

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What to do if you found yourself riding a dead horse?

November 16, 2024

According to the tribal wisdom of the Lakota Indians, the best strategy is to dismount. But what do they know? Few (if any) graduated from Yale, Harvard, or Princeton. Even fewer  (if any) then earned an MBA degree. What do…

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