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When Autonomy Helps Team Performance — and When It Doesn’t

December 16, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Linus Dahlander, Viktoria Boss, Christoph Ihl, and Rajshri Jayaraman for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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Winning the Right Game: A book review by Bob Morris

December 16, 2021

Winning the Right Game: How to Disrupt, Defend, and Deliver in a Changing World Ron Adner The MIT Press (October 2021) How to understand the implications of change in order to manage the disruption it creates In my opinion, there…

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6 Types of Resilience Companies Need Today

December 15, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Paul Polman and  Andrew Winston 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…

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Alive at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

December 15, 2021

Alive at Work: The Neuroscience of Helping Your People to Love What They Do Daniel Cable Harvard Business Review Press (March 2018) “I wonder what my soul does all day when I’m at work.” — Graffiti in London Recent research…

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Becoming a More Humane Leader

December 14, 2021

Here is a brief article written by Rasmus Hougaar  and Jacqueline Carter 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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Gorillas Can Dance: A book review by Bob Morris

December 14, 2021

Gorillas Can Dance: Lessons from Microsoft and Other Corporations on Partnering with Startups Shameen Prashantham Wiley (September 2021) “There may be trouble ahead But while there’s moonlight And music and love and romance Let’s face the music and dance.” Seth…

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Sprint: A book review by Bob Morris

December 13, 2021

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz Simon & Schuster (March 2016) Here is a unique methodology “to solve big problems, test new ideas, get…

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Enterprise architecture as strategy

December 12, 2021

In Open Strategy, Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Kurt Matzler, and Stephen Friedrich von den Eichen explain how to master disruption by formulating an open strategy, one exemplified by Nokia. Consider these points made by Gary Hamel in the Foreword: “Nokia’s…

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How to Foster Healthy Disagreement in Your Meetings

December 10, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sabina Nawaz 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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Drinking from a Different Well: A book review by Bob Morris

December 10, 2021

Drinking from a Different Well: How Women’s Stories Change What Power Means in Action Annette Simmons Collaborative Narrative Solutions (September 2021)  A thorough and eloquent indictment of “unchecked competitive narratives and oppressive systems” The companies annually ranked among those most…

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