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What the Top Innovators Get Right

February 14, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article by Barry Jaruzelski, Robert Chwalik, and Brad Goehle for Strategy+Business, published by certain member firms of the PwC network. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * *…

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The Simple Truths of Service: A book review by Bob Morris

February 14, 2019

The Simple Truths of Service: Inspired by Johnny the Bagger Ken Blanchard and Barbara A. Glanz Sourcebooks, Inc. (2017, 2018) Why and how almost anyone “can be a Johnny” The results of all of the major research studies of customer…

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Want to Be More Open-Minded?

February 14, 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. * * * Open-mindedness at work — about new products, strategies, business models…

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The key lessons from “Where Good Ideas Come From” by Steven Johnson

February 13, 2019

  In Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson explores the natural history of innovation. He offers nine lessons to be learned. Here are the first three: Lesson 1: Evolution and innovation usually happen in the realm of the adjacent…

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When did people start living in cities?

February 13, 2019

  In The Origin of (almost) Everything, Graham Lawton and his colleagues at New Scientist explain what happened immediately after the Big Bang occurred. “Around 13.8 billion years ago matter, energy, time and space spontaneously sprang from nothing in the…

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Fielding high-performing innovation teams

February 12, 2019

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Matt Banholzer, Fabian Metzeler, and Erik Roth the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain…

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Women in Science: A book review by Bob Morris

February 12, 2019

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World Hardcover Rachel Ignotofsky Ten Speed Press (2016) Standing atop the shoulders of so many “giants” I read this book in combination with Catherine Thimmesh’s Girls Think of Everything, regretting that…

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Girls Think of Everything: A book review by Bob Morris

February 11, 2019

Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women Catherine Thimmesh, Illustrated by Melissa Sweet Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2002) An entertaining as well as informative celebration of ingenuity I read this book in combination with Rachel Ignotofsky’s Women in…

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Leadership lessons from Africa’s trailblazers

February 11, 2019

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Mutsa Chironga, Georges Desvaux, and Acha Leke for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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The Wise Advocate: A book review by Bob Morris

February 10, 2019

The Wise Advocate: The Inner Voice of Strategic Leadership Art Kleiner, Jeffrey Schwartz, and Josie Thomson Columbia Business School Publishing (January 2018) Here are the neural dynamics of decision-making for those in leadership positions As I began to read this…

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