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How incumbents become digital disruptors

June 27, 2016

Established companies are often late to spot mortal threats to their business model. Here’s how they should respond when industry disruption strikes. Here is a portion of a podcast transcript of a program sponsored by McKinsey & Company. To listen…

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

June 26, 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, June 22, 2016 All of us can identify with a situation when…

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The economic essentials of digital strategy

June 26, 2016

Do you and your colleagues need a supply-and-demand guide to digital disruption? Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Angus Dawson, Martin Hirt, and Jay Scanlan for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read…

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Design and business: The substance of style

June 25, 2016

“Correlation is not causation, of course, but some of the world’s most successful companies are good at design.” So suggests Bennett Voyles in an article featured by LiveMint, published by HT Media. This company found its beginning in 1924 when…

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The Power of Peers: A book review by Bob Morris

June 25, 2016

The Power of Peers: How the Company You Keep Drives Leadership, Growth, and Success Leon Shapiro and Leo Bottary Bibliomotion (2016) “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown,” Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 2 (Act III, Scene 1) Results of…

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The Innovation Formula: A book review by Bob Morris

June 24, 2016

The Innovation Formula: The 14 Science-Based Keys for Creating a Culture Where Innovation Thrives Amantha Imber John Wiley & Sons (2016) To paraphrase Henry Ford, “If you think you can or think you can’t create a culture where innovation thrives,…

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Soledad O’Brien (chief executive of Starfish Media Group) in “The Corner Office”

June 24, 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 Soledad O’Brien, chief executive of…

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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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