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Unlocking the potential of the Internet of Things

July 23, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by James Manyika, Michael Chui, Peter Bisson, Jonathan Woetzel, Richard Dobbs, Jacques Bughin, and Dan Aharon for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check…

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The last and worst ring in hell awaits

July 23, 2017

Dante reserved the last and worst ring in hell for those who, in a moral crisis, preserve their neutrality. Room has been reserved for Donald The Vulgarian and his enablers. Here is a brief excerpt from an article by William…

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Go Out of Your Way to Establish Trust on Your Virtual Team

July 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. * * * You can gauge the health of a virtual team by…

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One of History’s Great Heroines: Sojourner Truth

July 21, 2017

Briefly, the woman known today as “Sojourner Truth” was born in upstate New York circa 1797. Hers was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Truth was born into slavery, but…

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Warner Bros: A book review by Bob Morris

July 20, 2017

Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio David Thomson Yale University Press (2017) A major film studio that had such a “unique impact on our cultural dreams, on us, that is alarming because it is enormous” Briefly, Warner…

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Does Diversity Actually Increase Creativity?

July 20, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic 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,…

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Co-Create: A book review by Bob Morris

July 19, 2017

Co-Create: How Your Business Will Profit from Innovative and Strategic Collaboration David Nour St,. Martin’s Press (May 2017) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” African proverb I agree with David…

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Help Your Team Face Uncertainty by Acknowledging It

July 19, 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. * * * Uncertainty, whether it’s due to a reorganization at your company…

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For mothers of several small children

July 18, 2017

The way I heard the story…. One hot summer afternoon, an older woman saw a golden retriever on her doorstep, wagging its tail. She let it in. There was no identification tag. She filled a large bowl with cold water.…

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Find Meaning in Even Your Most Mundane Tasks

July 18, 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. * * * We all want to feel that what we do every…

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