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Entrepreneurial You: A book review by Bob Morris

November 27, 2017

Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive Dorie Clark Harvard Business Review Press (October 2017) How to “reap the potent promise of entrepreneurship” Long ago, Andrew Carnegie hired Napoleon Hill to interview those who were at…

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George Washington: A mini-profile

November 27, 2017

Biography.com is one pf the best online sources for biographical and historicaL material. For example: George Washington was a leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution. Also, Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a massive sculpture carved into Mount…

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Jennifer Riel and Roger Martin on integrative thinking: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

November 26, 2017

Jennifer Riel is an adjunct professor at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, specializing in creative problem solving. Her focus is on helping everyone, from undergraduate students to business executives, to create better choices, more of the time. She is the co-author of Creating…

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How well are incumbents competing in digitization?

November 26, 2017

  As digitization progresses, incumbents competing in new, digital ways are already outperforming those that continue to operate traditionally Here is a brief excerpt from an article for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete…

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Fantasyland: A book review by Bob Morris

November 25, 2017

Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History Kurt Andersen Random House (September 2017) How and why the last five centuries have made the United States susceptible to fantasy and self-delusion All major research studies in neuroscience indicate that people…

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Who Can You Trust?: A book review by Bob Morris

November 24, 2017

Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart Rachel Botsman PublicAffairs (November 2017) How and why the real disruption in our VUCA world is not caused by technology; rather, by the massive…

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Should You Stay in Your Job? Here’s How to Know

November 24, 2017

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. * * * Sometimes you’re in a job that just isn’t fulfilling. Sure,…

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When Leading a Change Effort, Get Reluctant Employees On Board First

November 21, 2017

  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. * * * Change is hard. Most people have an inherent bias…

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Uneasy Street: A book review by Bob Morris

November 21, 2017

Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence Rachel Sherman Princeton University Press (August 2017) Unique perspectives worthy of consideration According to Rachel Sherman, she interviewed fifty affluent and wealthy New York parents for this book and shares what she learned from…

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New Leaders: Learn About the Company Before Implementing Your Vision

November 20, 2017

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. * * * A new CEO or senior executive has a 50% chance…

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