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How to Become an Amidextrous Leader

July 14, 2024

Here is a brief except from a classic article by Theodore Kinni for strategy+business magazine, published by Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company). To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, and sign up for…

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Mastering AI: A Book Review by Bob Morris

July 13, 2024

Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future     Jeremy Kahn Simon & Schuster (July 2024) Why AI is “strange and frightening” but also “exciting and fabulous” I recently re-read Vernon Vinge’s essay, “The Coming of Technological Singularity: How…

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Get Pay Right: A Book Review by Bob Morris

July 12, 2024

Get Pay Right: How to Achieve Pay Equity That Works Kent Plunkett and Heather Russing, with Steve Boese, George La Rocque, Madelin Laurano, Sarah Morgan, Trish Steed, and John Sumser SHRM (Juy 2024) How and why paying all employees fairly…

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The Power Broker—I: How Robert Moses Transformed New York

July 12, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic  article written by Robert A. Caro and published by The New Yorker (July 14, 1974). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please…

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A New Model for Continuous Transformation

July 12, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Mankins and Patrick Litre for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:…

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Resonant Leadership: Bob Morris’ Review of a Business Classic

July 11, 2024

Resonant Leadership: Inspiring Others Through Emotional Intelligence Richard Boyatzis More Than Sound (2009) How to renew yourself and connect with others through mindfulness, hope, and compassion As I began to listen to the first of three CDs that comprise this…

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How to Create Innovation: A Book Review by Bob Morris

July 10, 2024

How to Create Innovation: The Ultimate Guide to Proven Strategies and Business Models to Drive Innovation and Digital Transformation Stefan F. Dieffenbacher, Caroline Hüttinger, Susanne M. Zaninelli, Douglas Lines, and Andreas Rein…in collaboration with 60+ other thought leaders Wiley (June…

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Who was Clarence Birdseye and why is he significant?

July 10, 2024

When food is frozen slowly, at temperatures near the freezing point, ice crystals form within the animal or vegetable cells; when the food thaws, cellular fluid leaks from the damaged tissue, giving the food a mushy or dry consistency. Rapid…

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“The Hidden Traps in Decision-Making”: A Classic Article from HBR

July 9, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa and published in Harvard Business Review (January 2006). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts,…

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What you need to know about Game Theory

July 9, 2024

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Keshav Parwal. Game theory has proven to be one of the most influential influences on contemporary thought. Parwal suggests what you need to know about it. * * * Game theory…

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