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The Strategic Enemy: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 19, 2025

The Strategic Enemy: How to Build and Position a Brand Worth Fighting For Laura Ries Wiley (September 2025) How and why the “strategic enemy” is a critically important positioning tool The marketing classic, Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind (1981),…

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Why Michelangelo Spent Months Hiding From the Pope

September 18, 2025

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Verity Babbs that is featured at the Artnet website. To read the complete article, check out others, and receive free updates, please click here. Illustration Credits: Sketch of two bearded male…

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Why Mindful Leaders Are Better at Managing Change

September 18, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jean-François Harvey and Ravi S. Kudesia for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here.…

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Building Innovation Teams Across National Borders

September 17, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Solon Moreira, Ram Mudambi, and  Deepak Nayak for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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Notes and Comment: The First Man on the Moon

September 16, 2025

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by E.B. White for The New Yorker (July 26, 1969). 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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Artist in Exile: Roman Polanski

September 16, 2025

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Lawrence Weschler for The New Yorker (November 27, 1994). 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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Not Here, Not Now: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 16, 2025

Not Here, Not Now: Speculative Thought, Impossibility, and the Design Imagination Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby The MIT Press (May 2025)   Although, yes, “it’s not here and not now,” but perhaps some day… I cannot recall a prior time…

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The RevOps Advantage: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 15, 2025

The RevOps Advantage: How to Maximize Your Revenue Team’s Potential Amy Osmond Cook, Ryan Westwood, and Bala Balabaskaran Peakpoint Press (September 2025) “Potential” means “you ain’t done it yet.” Darrell Royal I agree with Coach Royal. Few (if any) organizations…

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Soft Skills Matter Now More Than Ever, According to New Research

September 14, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Moh Hosseinioun, Frank Neffke, Hyejin Youn, and  Letian (LT) Zhang for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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The Secret to Building a High-Performing Team

September 13, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by JP Pawliw 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:      Skizzomat…

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