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Managers, Make Sure Your Team Takes Vacation

February 27, 2018

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. . To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please click here. *     *  …

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Fair Shot: A book review by Bob Morris (2/20)

February 26, 2018

Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn Chris Hughes St. Martin’s Press (February 20, 2018) Why, “dollar for dollar, the most effective intervention for economic justice is the simplest”: guaranteed income Opinions are divided — sometimes sharply divided —…

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Why digital strategies fail

February 26, 2018

  Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Jacques Bughin, Tanguy Catlin, Martin Hirt, and Paul Willmott for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

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Michael Gale on the “digital helix”: An interview by Bob Morris

February 25, 2018

Michael Gale founded Strategic Oxygen in 2001, which was widely seen as one of the technology industry’s primary data toolsets for marketers, used by over 20 brands and used to model over $4 billion in marketing and sales investments. The company…

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Solving the productivity puzzle

February 25, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Jaana Remes, James Manyika, Jacques Bughin, Jonathan Woetzel, Jan Mischke, and Mekala Krishnan for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other…

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Sarah Breedlove (1905): One of 10 female pioneers whose innovations inspire

February 24, 2018

It may come as a surprise to you that, from the computer to an ice-cream maker, some of the most important discoveries and inventions were by women. We’ve all heard of famous inventors such as Thomas Jefferson (Monticello’s Great Clock),…

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How to Stay Focused When You’re Working from Home

February 24, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Elizabeth Grace Saunders 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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Who was Mary Parker Follett and why is she important?

February 23, 2018

Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933) was an American social worker, business consultant, and author of numerous books on democracy, creative experience, and management. She wrote about the power of the collective that arises from shared power – power with as distinct…

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The Art of Strategy Is About Knowing When to Say No

February 23, 2018

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brian Halligan for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the Illustration complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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Agile with a capital “A”: A guide to the principles and pitfalls of agile development

February 22, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Hugo Sarrazin, Belkis Vasquez-McCall, and Simon London for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…

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