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Who Does What By How Much?: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 22, 2024

Who Does What By How Much?: A Practical Guide to Customer-Centric OKRs Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden Sense and Response Press (2024) Here’s a better way to measure organizational success  Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden explain how any organization —…

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Robin Williams Works Out

August 22, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by  Lillian Ross for The New Yorker (April 7, 1986). 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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How companies are using big data and analytics

August 21, 2024

Here is a brief excerpt from a classic article written by Vince Campisi, Ash Gupta, Zoher Karu, Victor Nilson, and Ruben Sigala McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more…

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How Richard Pryor Became America’s Comic Prophet of Race

August 21, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Hilton Als for The New Yorker (September 13, 1999). 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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The “Moses Trap” and how to avoid it

August 20, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article featured in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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Digital Minimalism: Revisiting a Business Classic

August 20, 2024

  Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Mostly Noisy World Cal Newport Portfolio/Penguin (February 2019) How to thrive “in our current moment of technological overload” I agree with Cal Newport that the impact of technological tools on most…

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How to Stop Overthinking Everything

August 20, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Melody Wilding 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,…

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The Founders Saw This Insane Political Moment Coming 237 Years Ago

August 19, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Stacy Schiff for The New Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. Illustration Credit:  Hunter French   …

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Philippe Petit’s Poetic (and Illegal) Walk Between the Twin Towers

August 19, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classsic article written by Gwen Kinkead for The New Yorker (June 7, 1987). 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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The Ethical Imperative: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 18, 2024

The Ethical Imperative: Leading with Conscience to Shape the Future of Business Andrew C.M. Cooper Wiley (August 2024) “Your behavior defines you…for better or worse.” Anonymous Why did Andrew C.M. Cooper write The Ethical Imperative? “I have two objectives for…

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