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The Mathematical Corporation: A book review by Bob Morris

June 12, 2017

The Mathematical Corporation: Where Machine Intelligence and Human Ingenuity Achieve the Impossible Josh Sullivan and Angela Zutavern PublicAffairs (June 6, 2017 The Ultimate Collaboration on “the other side of complexity” Up front, I share a response to this book’s subtitle:…

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What Makes Work Meaningful — Or Meaningless

June 12, 2017

New research offers insights into what gives work meaning — as well as into common management mistakes that can leave employees feeling that their work is meaningless. Here is an excerpt from an article by Catherine Bailey and Sdrien Madden…

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By More Than Providence: A book review by Bob Morris

June 11, 2017

By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783 Michael Green Columbia University Press (2017) Why and how — throughout its history — the U.S. has had to secure its position in the Asia…

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The STAR Model: Close the Saying-Doing Gap to Build a High-Performing Team

June 11, 2017

The Executive Education and Center for Leadership and Change Management programs at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania continue to generate an abundance of valuable material for executives in need of cutting edge thinking. Nao Tools offer an…

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Built for Growth: A book review by Bob Morris

June 10, 2017

Built for Growth: How Builder Personality Shapes Your Business, Your Team, and Your Ability to Win Chris Kuenne and John Danner Harvard Business Review Press (June 2017) If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go…

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Volatility — The Great Disconnect: On the Ground vs. in the Market

June 10, 2017

The Executive Education and Center for Leadership and Change Management programs at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania continue to generate an abundance of valuable material for executives in need of cutting edge thinking. Revelations in research by…

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Upside: A book review by Bob Morris

June 9, 2017

Upside: Profiting from the Profound Demographic Shifts Ahead Kenneth Gronbach with M.J. Moye AMACOM (Apfil 2017) How to identify and then pursue effectively any/all upside opportunities that result from shifting demographics In this volume, Kenneth Gronbach explains that, in general,…

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Steven Wright: A Contemporary Philosopher

June 9, 2017

These are among my favorites from Steven Wright’s observations: 1. You can’t have everything. Where would you put it? 2. I was once walking through the forest alone, and a tree fell right in front of me—and I didn’t hear…

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METASKILLS: A book review by Bob Morris

June 8, 2017

METASKILLS: Five Talents for the Robotic Age Marty Neumeier New Riders (2012) J. H. Flavell was probably the first to use the term metacognition when suggesting that it “refers to one’s knowledge concerning one’s own cognitive processes or anything related…

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Choose Resilience: A book review by Bob Morris

June 8, 2017

Choose Resilience: Break Out of Your Comfort Zone Using the Power of Emotional Intelligence Jen Shirkani Shirkani LLC (May 2017) The MOST Model of Resilience: How to accelerate personal growth and professional development It may be a matter of semantics…

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