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George Lucas on his life and work

November 5, 2020

Thank you, IMDb, for providing a wealth of information about  the entertainment world. For example, about the life and work of George Lucas. He was born in 1944 and raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was…

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Software and the next normal: A talk with Workday’s cofounder and co-CEO

November 4, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an interviedw of Aneel Bhusri for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. He discusses the limitations of remote work, data’s importance for employee diversity, and why companies need to have souls. To read…

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Be a More Vulnerable Leader in Times of Crisis

November 4, 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. *     *     * Leading through uncertainty is hard. How should you…

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How companies can win in the seven tech-talent battlegrounds

November 3, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Matthias Daub, Ranja Reda Kouba, Kate Smaje, and Anna Wiesinger for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about…

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Sean Connery on his life and work

November 3, 2020

Thank you, IMDb, for providing a wealth of information about  the entertainment world. For example, the life and work of Sean Connery: * * * He was born Thomas Sean Connery on August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, and recently…

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Eat, Sleep, Innovate: A book review by Bob Morris

November 2, 2020

Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization Scott D. Anthony, Paul Cobban, Natalie Painchau, and Andy Parker Harvard Business Review Press (October 2020) How to build a workplace culture where the behaviors that drive…

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Orson Welles on his life and work

November 2, 2020

I think IMDb is the single best source for information about multiple entertainment industries, including film. Here is a selection of observations by Orson Welles who was indeed, in every possible way, “larger than life” as a director, producer, writer,…

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The power of lateral thinking

November 1, 2020

In his latest bestseller, Range, David Epstein devotes an entire chapter to a concept with which many people are not familiar: “lateral thinking with withered technology.” This is how Gunpei Yokoi explained his success creating electronic games for Nintendo. As…

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Disrupting beliefs: A new approach to business-model innovation

November 1, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article by Marc de Jong and Menno van Dijk, one of the all-time most popular featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, and…

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The Infinite Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

October 31, 2020

The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership Chris Lewis and Pippa Malmgren Kogan Page INSPIRE (October 2020) How to answer these key questions: How much of WHAT is needed WHERE? WHEN? Also, WHY? Long ago I realized…

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