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How not to become bogged down when prototyping

September 3, 2018

In Creative Selection, Ken Kocienda takes his reader  inside Apple’s design process during “The Golden Age of Steve Jobs.” He explains how and why, in order to “understand what makes Apple what it is, its essence, you need to understand software.” You also…

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From Homeless to Helping Others Get Off the Streets

September 2, 2018

Here is an excerpt from Peter Garfinkel’s interview of Paul Williams for The New York Times. Williams had nowhere to sleep, had been addicted to drugs and had been in and out of jail. Then he found Chrysalis. To read the…

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Set Boundaries When Collaborating with a Perfectionist

September 2, 2018

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. *     *     * It can be exhausting to work with perfectionists. Their…

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The first Labor Day

September 1, 2018

Before I began some research on the subject, I did not know that, until Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, laborers who chose to participate in parades to celebrate anything had to forfeit a day’s wages. I am…

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“Keep your minds open — but not so open that your brains fall out.” Walter Kotschnig

September 1, 2018

In his latest of three books, Open to Think: Slow Down, Think Creatively and Make Better Decisions (September 2018), Dan Pontefract argues that “both individuals and organizations need a more reflective and more responsive thinking mindset. Our thinking ought to be shaped by constantly…

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Nevertheless, She Persisted: A book review by Bob Morris

August 31, 2018

Nevertheless, She Persisted: True Stories of Women Leaders in Tech Pratima Rau Gluckman FriesenPress (April 2018) “Champions get up when they can’t.”  Jack Dempsey Warren Buffett once observed, “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are…

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The Biggest Obstacles to Innovation in Large Companies

August 31, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Scott Kirsner 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 alerts, please click here Credit: jessica solomatenko/Getty…

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Solve Complex Problems by Expanding Your Thinking

August 30, 2018

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. *     *     * Too many leaders approach complex problems with either-or thinking:…

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Growth IQ: A book review by Bob Morris

August 30, 2018

Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices That Will Make or Break Your Company Tiffani Bova Portfolio/Penguin (August 2018) How to achieve and then sustain “countercyclical” and profitable growth Not all growth is progress, of course, and Tiffani Bova obviously understands…

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How to Stop Saying “Um,” “Ah,” and “You Know”

August 29, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Noah Zandan 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 alerts, please click here. Credit: Emma…

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