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To Foster Innovation, Cultivate a Culture of Intellectual Bravery

October 24, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Timothy R. Clark 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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Just Like You, Claire Messud Never Read ‘A Brief History of Time’

October 22, 2020

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Claire Massoud for the “By the Book” column in the Sunday Book Review in The New York Times. To check out the complete interview, please click here. Illustration Credit: Jillian Tamaki…

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Good Guys: A book review by Bob Morris

October 22, 2020

Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace David G. Smith and and W. Brad Johnson Harvard Business Review Press (October2020) Valuable revelations for some men, timely reassurances for others There is a great deal…

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Derisking corporate business launches: Five steps to overcome the most common pitfalls

October 21, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ralf Dreischmeier, inayak HV, Anand Swaminathan, Andrew Roth, and Ari Libarikian the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the…

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Ultimate Price: A book review by Bob Morris

October 21, 2020

Ultimate Price: The Value We Place on Life Howard Steven Friedman University of California Press (May 2020) Why unequal valuing of human life should never lead to the denial of human rights The value people place on human life has…

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Analytics helps global business services fuel resilience and return

October 20, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Luiz Fernando Ramos, Samir Singh, and Paul Welti 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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Smarter Than You Think: A book review by Bob Morris

October 20, 2020

Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better Clive Thompson The Penguin Press (2014) How and why humans and technology can achieve much more when their respective strengths are in creative collaboration Note: Here is…

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Research: Why Breathing Is So Effective at Reducing Stress

October 19, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Emma Seppälä, Christina Bradley, and Michael R. Goldstein 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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What you may not know about Viola Davis

October 19, 2020

Thank you, IMDb, for providing a wealth of information about  the entertainment world. For example, the life and work of Viola Davis: Actress Viola Davis was born on her grandmother’s farm, at the then-Singleton Plantation in St. Matthews, South Carolina.…

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The Nazi Menace: A book review by Bob Morris

October 18, 2020

The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War Benjamin Carter Hett Henry Holt (August 2020) How and why the Second World War emerged out of “a shocking new world” According to Benjamin Carter Hett, Italy, Germany,…

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