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“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”

January 26, 2022

  I agree with Albert Einstein‘s two observations. There is a compelling need for authenticity in human relationships. For centuries, we have been marinated in bromides. For example: o “Say what you mean and mean what you say.” o “Talk…

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Compassionate Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

January 26, 2022

Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter with Marissa Afton and Moses Mohan Harvard Business Review Press (January 2022) Alvin Toffler nailed it. “The illiterate of the 21st century,” Toffler observes…

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How Incumbents Survive and Thrive

January 25, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Julian Birkinshaw for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please…

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HBR Guide for Women at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

January 24, 2022

HBR Guide for Women at Work HBR Editors with Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (November 2018) How to overcome unconscious biases that oppose women’s personal growth and professional development This is one of the volumes in a series of…

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution will be people powered

January 24, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an edited version of a conversation hosted by Daphne Luchtenberg for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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The Undoing Project: A book review by Bob Morris

January 23, 2022

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds Michael Lewis W.W. Norton & Company (2016) A brilliant analysis of how two world-famous psychologists could – and did — “undo” so many misconceptions about human error I have read and…

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HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose

January 22, 2022

HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose John Coleman Harvard Business Review Press (January 2022) How to craft a life and a career guided, informed, and enriched by purpose This one of very few single-author volumes in HBR Guide to…. series,…

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Being a Strategic Leader Is About Asking the Right Questions

January 21, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Lisa Lai for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please…

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By and about Amos Tversky

January 20, 2022

First of all, I have supported the Wikipedia Foundation for several years and wish my circumstances could enable me to donate MUCH more. Its value is incalculable. Please do what you can. Thank you. Here is some material by and…

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Rethinking Competitive Advantage: A book review by Bob Morris

January 20, 2022

Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age Ram Charan and Geri Willigan Currency (April 2021) “Insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein With substantial assistance from Geri Willigan, Ram Charan…

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