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Getting practical about the future of work

February 11, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Bryan Hancock, Kate Lazaroff-Puck, and Scott Rutherford for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and…

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Only Humans Need Apply: A book review by Bob Morris

February 10, 2020

Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines Thomas H. Davenport and Julia Kirby BHarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (2016) How the most productive workplaces combine talented people with sophisticated machines in high-impact augmentation [Note: I…

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The 7 Secrets of Responsive Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

February 10, 2020

The 7 Secrets of Responsive Leadership: Drive Change, Manage Transitions, and Help Any Organization Turn Around Jackie Jenkins-Scott Career Press (February 2020) How to balance “carpe diem” with “festina lente” All great leaders throughout history have been proactive and responsive…

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Seeing the unseen: Transforming safety by improving hazard sensitivity

February 10, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Lukasz Abramowicz, Moid Mohammed, Andy Thain, and Richard Ward for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the…

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Inspire Your Team During a Crunch Time

February 9, 2020

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. *     *     * Sometimes work gets intense. Whether it’s a seasonal rush…

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Think Outside the Building: A book review by Bob Morris

February 9, 2020

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Manager and machine: The new leadership equation

February 8, 2020

Here is an excerpt from another “classic” article (2014) written by Martin Dewhurst and Paul Willmott for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign…

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The seven attributes of an experimentation culture

February 8, 2020

In Experimentation Works, Stefan Thomke examines “the surprising power of business experiments.” Consider this excerpt from  Chapter 4: “To build a true experimentation culture — including the shared behaviors, beliefs, and values for large-scale and broad-scope testing — leaders need…

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The Dark Side of Self-Control

February 7, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michail D. Kokkoris and Olga Stavrova 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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The Future Is Faster Than You Think: A book review by Bob Morris

February 7, 2020

The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler Simon & Schuster (January 2020) Why and how the only constant is change, and the pace of…

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