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Leaders, Make It Safe for Employees to Give You Honest Feedback

March 2, 2019

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 * * * Just like everyone else, leaders need honest feedback to grow.…

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The leaked New York Times innovation report is one of the key documents of this media age

March 2, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article by Joshua Benton (in 2014) that helps to explain the nature and extent of  intra-newsroom politics at major media companies in recent years. It’s an astonishing look inside the cultural change still needed…

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Turning the Flywheel: A review by Bob Morris

March 2, 2019

Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great Jim Collins HarperCollins (2019) How to generate and then sustain momentum of your organization’s flywheel Over the years, I have read and reviewed all of Jim Collins’ books and interviewed…

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The Quantum Labyrinth: A book review by Bob Morris

March 1, 2019

The Quantum Labyrinth: How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality Paul Halpern Basic Books (2017) A brilliant analysis of two “explorers of the extraordinary possibilities in physics” This book was written so that non-scientists such as I…

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To Cultivate Creativity on Your Team, Set the Conditions for It

March 1, 2019

  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 * * * There is no such thing as a “creative personality”;…

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The next-generation operating model for the digital world

March 1, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Albert Bollard, Elixabete Larrea, Alex Singla, and Rohit Sood for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the…

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Kindness Is a Skill: Practical tips for fighting a culture of savagery

February 28, 2019

Here is an excerpt from another brilliant essay by David Brooks for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain information about deep-discount subscriptions, please click here. Credit: Nick Shepherd/Ikon Images, via Getty Images…

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The Role of a Manager Has to Change in 5 Key Ways

February 28, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Joseph Pistrui and Dimo Dimov 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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Unlocking the Customer Value Chain: A book review by Bob Morris

February 27, 2019

Unlocking the Customer Value Chain: How Decoupling Drives Consumer Disruption Thales S. Teixeira with Greg Piechota Currency/An Imprint of Crown Publishing Group (February 2019) Like other chains, this one is only as strong as its weakest link. With the assistance…

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Which Countries Are Leading the Data Economy?

February 27, 2019

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Ajay Bhalla, and Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain…

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