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The Immortal Myth of the Unicorn

January 8, 2023

Here s a brief excerpt from an article by Mallika Rao for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. Credits: Jana Euler’s “Morecorn 9” (2021).…

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The Executive Checklist: A book review by Bob Morris

January 7, 2023

The Executive Checklist: A Guide for Setting Direction and Managing Change James M. Kerr Pagrave/Macmillan (2014) How to replace vague ideas about your career with strategies that will help you achieve your objectives at work and everywhere else Up front,…

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Bill Capodagli on the “Disney Way”: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

January 6, 2023

Bill Capodagli (pronounced “Cap-o-die”) co-authored one of Fortune magazine’s “Best Business Books of 1999,”The Disney Way: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company. Prior to co-founding Capodagli Jackson Consulting in 1993, Bill held managerial positions at the consulting…

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Jeff Bezos’s Peculiar Management Tool for Self-Discipline at Amazon Meetings

January 6, 2023

Here is an article originally published by the I Done This Blog in 2017. Two years later, fresh advice for managers was added. * * * The modern workplace’s vogue is informal information exchange. We sit in open floor plan offices so that…

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Presidents of War: A book review by Bob Morris

January 5, 2023

Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times Michael Beschloss Crown (October 2018) How “the life or death of much of the human race” depends on the character of one person Today, opinions are divided with regard…

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Individual Influence: A book review by Bob Morris

January 5, 2023

Individual Influence: Find the “I” in Team Brian Smith and Mary Griffin Made for Success (July 2022) “I am large, I contain multitudes.” Walt Whitman Why did Brian Smith and his daughter Mary Griffin write this book? It will be…

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Turn Your Teams Inside Out

January 4, 2023

  Here is an excerpt from an article by Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit: Pep Boatella * *…

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Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall: A review by Christopher Benfey

January 3, 2023

Here is a brief excerpt from the brilliant review of Wolf Hall by Christopher Benfey for The New York Times. To read the complete review, check out other resources, and obtain information about deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. Illuatration…

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The Tao of Alibaba: A book review by Bob Morris

January 3, 2023

The Tao of Alibaba: Inside the Chinese DIgital Giant That Is Changing the World Brian A. Wong Public Affairs (November 2022) Where and how to achieve and then sustain great success in “The New Digital Frontier” As you may already…

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Why We Make Resolutions (and Why They Fail)

January 2, 2023

Here is another “classic” New Yorker article, in this instance one written by Maria Konnikova. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscription rates, please click here. Photograph by Harold M. Lambert / Lambert…

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