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The Invention of Air: Revisiting a Business Classic

July 29, 2024

The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America Steven Johnson Riverhead Books/Penguin Group (2008) It would be an exaggeration to suggest that Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) is the focal point of this book. He…

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The Change Leader’s Road Map: Revisiting a Business Classic

July 28, 2024

The Change Leader’s Road Map: How to Navigate Your Organization’s Transformation Linda Ackerman Anderson and Dean Anderson Pfeiffer/A Wiley Imprint (2010) “If you’ve always done it this way, it’s probably wrong.” Charles Kettering I recently read the Second Edition of…

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Equity: A Book Review Revisited by Bob Morris

July 27, 2024

Equity How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives: Minal Bopaiah Berrett-Koehler Publishers (September 2021) How to design an organization for equity in a business world in which inequity continues to thrive In his classic work, Power: Why Some People Have It and…

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Jane’s World: How Jane Austen has remained a phenomenon for more than two centuries

July 27, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Martin Amis for The New Yorker (December 31, 1995). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information please click here. Illustration…

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A Conversation with Nathaniel Philbrick: Revisiting a Delightful Interview

July 26, 2024

  Nathaniel Philbrick is a leading authority on the history of Nantucket Island. His In the Heart of the Sea won the 2000 National Book Award. Sea of Glory (2003), is about the epic U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842. Mayflower: A Story of Community, Courage, and…

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50 Politics Classics: A Book Review Revisited by Bob Morris

July 26, 2024

50 Politics Classics: Freedom Equality Power: Mind-Changing, World-Changing Ideas from Fifty Landmark Books Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2015) “The world is a dangerous place to live…because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”  Albert EinsteinActually, the complete…

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Thinking, Fast and Slow: Bob Morris’ Review of a Classic Work

July 25, 2024

Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2011) Why I think this is one of the most important books published during the past decade Given the number and quality of the reviews of this book that have…

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Keeping Innovative Projects Aligned with Strategy

July 25, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ard-Pieter de Man, Anna Plotnikova, and Ludwig Hoeksema for the MIT Sloan Management Review here. Illustration Credit:  Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images * * * Innovative companies have no shortage…

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Make a Stronger Business Case for Sustainability

July 24, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Karel Cool, Atalay Atasu, and Nathan Furr for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please…

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Questions Are the Answer: Bob Morris’ Review of a Classic Business Book

July 24, 2024

Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life Hal Gregersen Harper Business (November 2018) If you want better answers, you must ask better questions In his predictably brilliant Foreword, Ed Catmull asks:…

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