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Are You Writing to Reward Your Reader?

November 23, 2020

  Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. *     *     * There’s lots of writing advice out there, but…

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Unlocking value: Four lessons in cloud sourcing and consumption

November 22, 2020

Companies that are successful in sourcing and managing the consumption of cloud adopt a more dynamic, analytical, and demand-driven mindset. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Abhi Bhatnagar, Will Forrest, Naufal Khan, and Abdallah Salamifor the McKinsey…

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The First Thanksgiving

November 22, 2020

History.com is one of the best online sources for historical material. For example: In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.…

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Walter Isaacson on creativity and imagination

November 21, 2020

As you may already know, Walter Isaacson has written about Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, Ada Lovelace, Steve Jobs, and Albert Einstein. “All were very smart. But that’s not what made them special. Smart people are a dime a dozen…

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To unlock better decision making, plan better meetings

November 21, 2020

  How can senior managers get better, faster business decisions from the meetings they attend or lead? Planning is key. Here is an excerpt from the transcript of a podcast featured in the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company.…

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Mavericks at Work: A book review by Bob Morris

November 20, 2020

Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win William C. Taylor and Polly G. Labarre Harper Paperbacks (2008) How an organization can prosper in a “hypercompetitive marketplace” As William C. Taylor and Polly LaBarre explain in this…

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Arthur I. Miller: Perspectives on the creative mind

November 20, 2020

In The Artist in the Machine, Arthur I. Miller offers a rigorous and eloquent exploration of the potential benefits of a relationship between collaborators: humans and machines. That is, geniuses and the most advanced computers who contribute natural intelligence (NI)…

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The Trust Crisis

November 19, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…

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The Four Fields of Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

November 19, 2020

The Four Fields of Leadership: How People and Organizations Can Thrive in a Hyperconnected World Tom Goodell Rowman & Littlefield (September 2020) The power of intentional leadership and how it nourishes emergent leadership In the healthiest organizations, there is effective…

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They Are Also 2 Wild and Crazy Guys

November 18, 2020

As collaborators, the comedian Steve Martin, and the illustrator Harry Bliss (in Manhattan last month) have something of an odd-couple dynamic. Here is a brief excerpt from an article about them by Alexandra Alter for The New York Times. Credit:…

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