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Strategy to beat the odds

March 6, 2025

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Chris Bradley, Martin Hirt, and Sven Smit for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (February 13, 2018). To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the…

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Why the Problem with Learning Is Unlearning

March 6, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mark Bonchek for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:  John Sullivan *…

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Leave Your Phone at the Door: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 5, 2025

Leave Your Phone at the Door: The Joy of OFFLINE Howard Lewis Radius Book Group (March 2025) Here is a lively and entertaining exploration of reality on the other side of random serendipity I cannot recall another book that I…

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How Women Can Win in the Workplace

March 3, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kweilin Ellingrud, Lareina Yee, and María del Mar Martínez for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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Space to Grow: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 2, 2025

Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau Harvard Business Review Press (February 2025) How space’s many elements fit together into a whole greater than the sum of its parts According to Matthew Weinzierl and…

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What Leaders Get Wrong About Employee Motivation

March 1, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Marylène Gagné and Rebecca Hewett for MIT Sloan Management Review. 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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Everyone Deserves a Season to Step Back: Personal growth and transformation

February 28, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by  Christina Wallace for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:  Matt Carlson *…

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Predictable Profits: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 27, 2025

Rob Nissen [email protected] Predictable Profits: Transform Your Business from One-Off Sales to Recurring Revenue with Memberships and Subscriptions Stu McLaren Hay House (February 2025) A secret sauce for “wildly successful” businesses When I was in high school, I participated in…

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Unleashing the power of small, independent teams

February 27, 2025

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Oliver Bossert, Alena Kretzberg, and Jürgen Laartz for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (July 12, 2018). To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about…

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How to Get Along with Anyone: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 26, 2025

  How to Get Along with Anyone: The Playbook for Predicting and Preventing Conflict at Work and Home John Eliot and Jim Guinn Simon & Schuster (February 2025)       Here are “the ingredients for immunity to conflict kryptonite”  …

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