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What every CEO needs to know about “superstar” companies

March 10, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Sree Ramaswamy, Michael Birshan, James Manyika, Jacques Bughin, and Jonathan Woetzel for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about…

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Lakota Tribal Wisdom: No horsing around

March 9, 2020

The tribal wisdom of the Lakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. In modern education and government, however, a whole range…

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Optimal Outcomes: A book review by Bob Morris

March 9, 2020

Goldman-Wetzler, Jennifer

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What to Consider Before Taking That Stretch Job

March 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. *     *     * A stretch job is a great opportunity to grow…

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Upstream: A book review by Bob Morris

March 8, 2020

Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen Dan Heath Avid Reader Press/An imprint of Simon & Schuster (March 2020) Never more true than it is today: “A stitch in time….” I have read and reviewed four bestsellers co-authored…

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Steve Brown on six high-impact technologies: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

March 8, 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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Congress at War: A book review by Bob Morris

March 7, 2020

Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America Fergus M. Bordewich Knopf (February 2020) Here is a political history of how the U.S. Congress fought the Civil War Abraham Lincoln was…

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Building resilient operations

March 7, 2020

Here is an excerpt from an article Written by Dominik Lelièvre, Philipp Radtke, Marta Rohr, and Rafael Westinner for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm,…

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Innovation at scale: A discussion with Beth Comstock

March 6, 2020

Here is an excerpt from the transcript of a conversation with Beth Comstock featured in an article 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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Crashing Henry VIII’s Court One Last Time With Hilary Mantel

March 6, 2020

Mantel, Hilary

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