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4 Ways to Improve Your Strategic Thinking Skills

January 24, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Nina Bowman 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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Risk: Seeing around the corners

January 23, 2017

Risk-assessment processes typically expose only the most direct threats facing a company and neglect indirect ones that can have an equal or greater impact. Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Eric Lamar and Martin Pergler for…

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The Power of Positive Destruction: A book review by Bob Morris

January 23, 2017

The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution Seth Merrin John Wiley & Sons (2016) How to break things down to make them better and “improve the lives of all who benefit from those…

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What Great Managers Do Daily

January 22, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ryan Fuller and Nina Shikaloff 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…

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Accelerating Performance: A book review by Bob Morris

January 22, 2017

Accelerating Performance: How Organizations Can Mobilize, Execute, and Transform with Agility Colin Price and Sharon Toye John Wiley & Sons (January 2017) How and why individuals as well as organizations make progress happen, despite their many flaws Much has been…

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Bernie Marr on “10 Fears That Hold People Back in Their Careers”

January 21, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from an especially informative blog post from Bernie Marr, a bestselling author, keynote speaker, strategic performance consultant, and analytics, KPI & Big Data guru. * * * New year and new aspirations! Or, are you…

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Mission Control: A book review by Bob Morris

January 21, 2017

Mission Control: How Nonprofits and Governments Can Focus, Achieve More, and Change the World Liana Downey Bibliomotion Media (2016) How to develop a powerful strategy that sharpens organizational focus on achieving more to change the world According to Liana Downey,…

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Innovation lessons from Pixar: An interview with Oscar-winning director Brad Bird

January 20, 2017

What does stimulating the creativity of animators have in common with developing new product ideas or technology breakthroughs? A lot. Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Hayagreeva Rao, Robert Sutton, and Allen P. Webb for the…

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The Peter F. Drucker Reader: A book review by Bob Morris

January 20, 2017

The Peter F. Drucker Reader: Selected Articles from the Father of Modern Management Thinking Harvard Business Review Editors Harvard Business Review Press (January 2017) Here’s the most important question that every executive must ask: “What must be done?” In my…

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Use Design Thinking to Build Commitment to a New Idea

January 19, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger L. Martin 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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