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Bloated Emptiness

March 16, 2020

  When asked for her opinion of Oakland, a city in California where she grew up, Gertrude Stein replied, “There is no ‘there’ there.” The same can be said of the current POTUS. Bloated emptiness…. To anyone who still thinks…

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Charismatic Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

March 15, 2020

Charismatic Leadership: The Skills You Can Learn to Motivate High Performance in Others Kevin Murray KoganPage (February 2020) Charisma without integrity and substance attracts attention and then contempt Originally, charisma was believed to be a divine gift that only a…

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Steve Brown on six high-impact technologies: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

March 15, 2020

As the former Futurist and Chief Evangelist at Intel Corporation, Steve Brown has more than 30 years of experience in high tech, half of that time spent in strategic planning roles where he imagined and built plans for a world…

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Mark Twain’s America Then and Now: A book review by Bob Morris

March 14, 2020

Mark Twain’s America Then and Now Laura DeMarco Pavilion (October 2019) You are invited to take a magic carpet ride with Samuel Clemens I became a book lover at a very early age when my mother read stories to me.…

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What’s Really Holding Women Back?

March 14, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Robin J. Ely and Irene Padavic for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information,…

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A briefing on Force Field Analysis

March 13, 2020

One of the most valuable but least appreciated methodologies for making the best decisions is Forced Field Analysis, invented by Kurt Lewin in the 1940s. Lewin originally used it in his work as a social psychologist. Today, however, it is…

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HBR Guide to Managing Strategic Initiatives: A book review by Bob Morris

March 13, 2020

HBR Guide to Managing Strategic Initiatives Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (February 2020) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison As you probably know already, most of the volumes in the “HBR Guide to” series are anthologies of articles…

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Develop a “Probabilistic” Approach to Managing Uncertainty

March 13, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mike Walsh 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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The Seventh Power: A book review by Bob Morris

March 12, 2020

The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey Into the Business of Shared Leadership Kevin Hancock Post Hill Press (February 2020) “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” Margaret Mead With all due respect to C-level executives, every…

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Stop Calling It “Innovation”

March 12, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nadya Zhexembayeva 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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