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The Upside of Disruption: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 19, 2024

The Upside to Disruption: The Path to Leading and Thriving in the Unknown Terence Mauri Wiley (September 2024)   How to juggle hand grenades while crossing a minefield, blindfolded, during an electrical storm In 1942, Joseph Schumpeter published his classic work,…

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Hitler’s People: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 18, 2024

Hitler’s People: The Faces of the Third Reich Richard J. Evans Penguin Press (August 2024) A thorough analysis of what was “morally wrong about Nazism and the Third Reich” Richard J. Evans devotes Part I to an analysis of Adolph…

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The Plight of the Political Satirist

September 18, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sarah Larson 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: Art works courtesy…

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The Hive Mind at Work: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 17, 2024

The Hive Mind at Work: Harnessing the Power of Group Intelligence to Create Meaningful and Lasting Change Siobhán McHale HarperCollins Leadership (September 2024) “That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.”  Marcus Aurelius In…

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Under the Carpetbag: A sixty-year friendship

September 17, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John McPhee for The New Yorker (October 9, 2023). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. * *…

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Habits of a Peace Maker: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 16, 2024

Habits of a Peace Maker: 10 Habits to Change Our Potentially Toxic Conversations into Healthy Dialogues Steven T. Collis Shadow Mountain Publishing (September 2024) How to find workable solutions through dialogue and conversation In the Epilogue, Steven Collis recalls Abraham…

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Hybrid Work: How Leaders Build In-Person Moments That Matter

September 16, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brian Elliott for the 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 SMR…

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Levels of the Game—I: Who has a bigger serve than Arthur Ashe?

September 15, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John McPhee for The New Yorker (May 31, 1969). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. * *…

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The Inner Lives of the Nazis

September 15, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Isaac Chotiner 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 from ullstein…

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Are Your Presentations Too Emotional — or Too Analytical?

September 13, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nancy Duarte for the 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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