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Al Pacino: American actor

April 27, 2020

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica have written a series of mini-biographies. Here is an excerpt from the Editors’ profile of Al Pacino. To learn more about him and others, please click here. * * * Al Pacino, in full Alfredo…

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How to Bounce Back from Rejection

April 27, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ron Carucci 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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Edison: A book review by Bob Morris

April 27, 2020

Edison Edmund Morris Random House (October 2019) “Vision without execution is hallucination.”  Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison is generally considered among the greatest inventors/innovators in modern history. He was awarded 1,073 patents. The list of what he created or improved…

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The Price of Incivility

April 26, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Christine Porath and Christine Pearson 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…

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Logged On From the Laundry Room: How the C.E.O.s of Google, Pfizer and Slack Work From Home

April 26, 2020

Here is another superb article from David Gelles for The New York Times in which he explains how some executives are working their way through current challenges. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount…

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Teams Solve Problems Faster When They’re More Cognitively Diverse

April 25, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Alison Reynolds and David Lewis 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…

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The Age Of Coddling Is Over.

April 25, 2020

Here is an excerpt from another brilliant essay written by David Brooks for The New York Times. For years, I have heavily relied upon him to help me navigate my way through a world that seems to become more complicated…

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Innovation is a team sport

April 25, 2020

In How Innovation Works, Matt Ridley explains how and why innovation happens “when people are free to think, experiment, and speculate. It happens when people can trade with each other. It happens when people are relatively prosperous, not desperate. It…

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Why Leadership Development Isn’t Developing Leaders

April 24, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Deborah Rowland 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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HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Managing People (Vol. 2): A book review by Bob Morris

April 24, 2020

HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Managing People (Vol. 2) Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (March 2010) “If you put fences around people, you get sheep. GIve people the room they need.” William L. McKnight I selected a Dale Carnegie…

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