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Amit Singh (president of Google for Work) in “The Corner Office”

February 11, 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 Amit Singh, president of Google…

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Going from fragile to agile

February 11, 2016

Why do companies need to be more nimble? McKinsey’s Aaron De Smet and Chris Gagnon explain what’s driving organizational agility, why it matters, and what to do. Here is a brief excerpt from their interview conducted for the McKinsey Quarterly,…

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the psychology of optimal experience

February 10, 2016

A Hungarian psychologist who relocated to the United States in 1956 at there age of 22, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced “me-high CHEEK-sent-me-high”) is one of the most influential contemporary thinkers in recent years. He is probably best-known for his concept of…

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How small shifts in leadership can transform your team dynamic

February 10, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Caroline Webb for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and register…

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Strategy That Works: A book review by Bob Morris

February 9, 2016

Strategy That Works: How Winning Companies Close the Strategy-to-Execution Gap Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi with Art Kleiner Harvard Business Review Press (2016) How and why getting strategy and execution in cohesive alignment “is a worthwhile legacy for any leader…

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Liz Pearce (chief executive of LiquidPlanner) in “The Corner Office”

February 9, 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 Liz Pearce, chief executive of…

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Driven by Difference: A book review by Bob Morris

February 8, 2016

Driven by Difference: How Great Companies Fuel Innovation Through Diversity David A. Livermore AMACOM (2016) Why most differences can be bridges rather than barriers …if you allow them to be In this exceptionally thoughtful and thought-provoking book, David Livermore addresses…

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Sydney Finkelstein on Three Types of “Superboss”

February 8, 2016

In his latest, recently published book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, Sydney Finkelstein explores “the characteristic behaviors of the world’s most effective bosses, upending conventional best practices and presenting a new, comprehensive paradigm for developing talent.…

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Christine L. Borgman on “Big Data, Little Data, No Data, and Scholarship in the Networked World”

February 7, 2016

I have recently read and will soon review a book, Christine L. Borgman’s Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World (MIT Press 2015), that increased substantially my understanding of the multi-dimensional nature of data in various…

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Originals: A book review by Bob Morris

February 7, 2016

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam M. Grant Viking/An Imprint of Penguin Random House (2016) How and why originality starts with creative thinking, is driven by a vision, and can eventually have global impact Adam Grant wants to “debunk…

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