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Adam Bryant: An interview by Bob Morris

July 19, 2011

Adam Bryant is the deputy national editor of The New York Times, and works with reporters in many of the Times‘ domestic bureaus. He also conducts interviews with CEOs and other leaders for Corner Office, a weekly feature in the Sunday Business…

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On the Trail of Sublime

July 19, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by William Zinsser for his Zinsser on Friday series featured by The American Scholar website. “The American Scholar is the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and…

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The Boundaryless Organization: A book review by Bob Morris

July 19, 2011

The Boundaryless Organization: Breaking the Chains of Organization Structure, Revised and Updated Ron Ashkenas, Dave Ulrich, Todd Jick, and Steve Kerr Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons (2002) Yes and No The title is a misnomer: Although the authors do indeed suggest…

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Why the U.S. Must Invest in Its Most Effective Teachers

July 18, 2011

To their great credit, McKinsey & Company and The Atlantic magazine are co-sponsors of an especially important series of responses to this question: “What’s the single best idea to jumpstart job creation?” Here is Michelle A. Rhee‘s response. She is…

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Rich business reads: “Separating the wheat from a mountain of chaff”

July 18, 2011

Opinions are divided — often sharply divided — about which are the best business books this year, all-time, to store within an electronic reading device, to take on vacation…yada yada yada. Check out this video featured online by The Economist.…

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Rules for Good Writing

July 18, 2011

In The Best of Business, a book published by The Economist in collaboration with Pegasus Books in 2009, one of the entries identifies and briefly explains “Six rules of good writing.” They are: 1. Do not be stuffy. 2. Do…

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Who Moved My Cube?

July 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Anne-Laure Fayard and John Weeks for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR…

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Blurring Face-to-Face and Virtual Encounters

July 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Weeks and Anne-Laure Fayard for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts,…

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Harvard Business Review on Thriving in Emerging Markets: A book review by Bob Morris

July 18, 2011

HBR on Thriving in Emerging Markets Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.” Steven Wright This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies…

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The Missing Link in Innovative Research

July 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Anna Pettersson and August Vlak for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *    …

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