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Inatead of complaining about an employee, talk with them

August 29, 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. *     *     * Let’s be honest: Sometimes complaining about a coworker feels…

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Business insights of significant value for any decision-maker

August 28, 2018

In Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence, Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb “emphasize trade-offs. More data means less privacy. More speed means less accuracy. More autonomy means less control…The best strategy for your company or career or country will…

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Honors, at Last, for Ida B. Wells, “a Sword Among Lions”

August 28, 2018

I was pleased to learn from this article, by the Editorial Board of The New York Times, that my hometown has finally recognized one of the most courageous persons in U.S. history. She deserves to be included among the role…

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8 Steps to High Performance: A book review by Bob Morris

August 27, 2018

8 Steps to High Performance: Focus On What You Can Change (Ignore the Rest) Marc Effron Harvard Business Review Press (August 2018) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at…

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The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius

August 27, 2018

These are among my favorite observations by Marcus Aurelius: o The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. o Poverty is the mother of crime. o The universe is transformation: life is opinion. o Life is neither good…

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Passionate Minds: A book review by Bob Morris

August 26, 2018

Passionate Minds: Women Rewriting the World Claudia Roth Pierpont Knopf (2000) “Hardly a woman here who would not be scandalized to find herself in company with most of them” Claudia Roth Pierpont I read this book when it was first published…

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Schultz 2020? Other C.E.O.s Will Be Watching Closely

August 26, 2018

Here is David Gelles’ profile of Howard Schultz and other corporate executives who could become political candidates in an article for The New York Times. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Since…

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Building Bridges: A book review by Bob Morris

August 26, 2018

Building Bridges: The Case for Executive Peer Networks James Millar Skybridge Associates, LLC (June 2018) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”  African proverb Many (if not most) C-level executives feel…

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Driving Digital Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

August 25, 2018

Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business Sunil Gupta Harvard Business Review Press (August 2018) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith In fact, I am convinced that what got you here won’t even allow…

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Artificial intelligence: Why a digital base is critical

August 25, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Jacques Bughin and Nicolas van Zeebroeck for 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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