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The Four Most Popular McKinsey Quarterly Articles (Second Quarter 2016)

July 20, 2016

According to McKinsey & Company, these were the four most popular articles featured in its Quarterly: 1. Ahead of the curve: The future of performance management Boris Ewenstein, Bryan Hancock, and Asmus Komm “What happens after companies jettison traditional year-end…

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Sneak Peak at Donald Trump’s Nomination Acceptance Speech

July 19, 2016

All politicians receive assistance with the preparation of their speeches. Donald Trump is no exception. A friend of mine is among those helping him with his nomination acceptance speech, to be delivered on Thursday evening. He just shared with me…

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What CEOs are reading this summer

July 19, 2016

  Here is an article by the editors of McKinney Quarterly in which they share what leaders of some of the world’s biggest organizations will be reading to keep them occupied in the coming months. The slightly lazier days of…

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Challenge the Way You’re Measuring Data

July 19, 2016

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. * * * Data can provide enlightening information to a company’s leaders, guiding…

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Danielle Moss Lee (chief executive of the Y.W.C.A. of the City of New York) in “The Corner Office”

July 18, 2016

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Danielle Moss Lee, . To…

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Here’s a “One-Minute Intuition Checklist”

July 18, 2016

In her recently published book,Put Your Intuition to Work: How to Supercharge Your Inner Wisdom to Think Fast and Make Great Decisions (ublished by Career Press, July 2016), Lynn Robinson explains, “This book is based on Trust Your Gut: How…

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Building a Culture of Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

July 17, 2016

Building a Culture of Innovation: A Practical Framework for Placing Innovation at the Core of Your Business Cris Beswick, Derek Bishop, and Jo Geraghty KoganPage (2016) The Easy Part: Defining an Innovation Workplace Culture I just checked: Amazon US now…

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Is artificial intelligence a threat?

July 17, 2016

While at work this morning, I noticed a paper clip on my desk, next to the computer terminal. And next to it was a much more advanced device, the binder clip. Curious, I visited the Staples website and learned that…

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Million Dollar Maverick: A book review by Bob Morris

July 16, 2016

Million Dollar Maverick: Forge Your Own Path to Think Differently, Act Decisively, and Succeed Quickly Alan Weiss Bibliomotion (May 2016) How and why “simply taking a contrarian or one-off view” – and acting on it – can be the secret…

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Make Sure You Learn from Your Mistakes

July 16, 2016

  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. * * * Continuing to grow and innovate means taking risks, which…

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