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Top 10 Most Popular Articles in The McKinsey Quarterly in 2021

January 5, 2022

Here are the first five articles. To check out any/all of the ten, please click here. * * * Let’s try this again: Because of a technical mishap, you may have received a version of this email that featured a…

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Traction: A book review by Bob Morris

January 5, 2022

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business Gino Wickman Virtual CEO (2011) Without traction, no individual or organization accomplishes anything. The material in this book has even greater value today than it did when first published ten years ago. And…

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Feedback Isn’t Enough to Help Your Employees Grow

January 4, 2022

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Peter Bregman and Howie Jacobson 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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HBR 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking: A book review by Bob Morris

January 4, 2022

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2020) “Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems.”  Tim Brown This book is one of the most recent volumes in…

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Wright is seldom wrong: Part 1

January 3, 2022

Here is another selection of insights (and outsights) from a very observant man, Steven Wright. o When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child. o I went…

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Leadership Levers: A book review by Bob Morris

January 3, 2022

Leadership Levers: Releasing the Power of Relationships for Exceptional Participation, Alignment, and Team Results Diana Jones Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group (November 2021) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb…

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It’s that time again….

December 19, 2021

Every year since 1999 when I began to blog, I have taken a two-week break in mid-December to concentrate on celebrating the holiday season with family members and other loved ones. It’s that time again…. Best wishes to you and…

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Collective Genius: A book review by Bob Morris

December 19, 2021

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Valuable perspectives on the role of the leader in creating and then sustaining a culture within which…

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Open Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

December 17, 2021

Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption from Outside the C-Suite Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Kurt Matzler, and Stephen Friedrich von den Eichen The MIT Press (October 2021) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go…

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Why Criticism Is Good for Creativity

December 17, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roberto Verganti and Don Norman 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…

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