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When the Pressure’s On: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2016

When the Pressure’s On: The Secret to Winning When You Can’t Afford to Lose Louis S. Csoka AMACOM (June 2016) “Champions get up when they can’t.” Jack Dempsey All of us can identify with a situation when someone has been…

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Think Less, Think Better

June 23, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Moshe Bar that appeared in The New York Times. If you wish to read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Gérard DuBois…

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Play Bigger: A book review by Bob Morris

June 22, 2016

Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets Al Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, and Kevin Maney HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (June 2016) How to achieve and then sustain a competitive advantage in almost any marketplace In…

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Here’s a Diplomatic Way to Eliminate Irrelevance During Meetings

June 22, 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. * * * When meeting participants veer off topic, critical agenda items…

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Amy WIlkinson on “fundamental approaches to the act of creation”

June 21, 2016

The term “code” with regard to individuals is comparable with the term “secret sauce” with regard to organizations. Just as there are defining characteristics of great organizations, there are defining characteristics of exceptionally creative people. However different they may be…

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The case for a bright American future, according to billionaire Warren Buffett

June 21, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Niraj Chokshi for the Washington Post. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information , please click here. Photo Credit: Nati Harnik/AP * * * Sourpusses take…

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Matchmakers: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2016

Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee Harvard Business Review Press (June 2016) How to help those with a need for a product or service to connect with those who can provide it, The…

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Invisible Influence: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2016

Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior Jonah Berger Simon & Schuster (June 2015) Here are the “simple, subtle, and other surprising ways that others affect our behavior” Actually, the invisibility to which the book’s title refers is —…

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Bill Capodagli on “The Disney Way”: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

June 19, 2016

Bill Capodagli (pronounced Cap o die) co-authored one of Fortune magazine’s “Best Business Books of 1999,” The Disney Way. Prior to co-founding Capodagli Jackson Consulting in 1993, Bill held managerial positions at the consulting firms of AT Kearney and Ernst…

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