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Finish BIG: A book review by Bob Morris

September 23, 2015

Finish BIG: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top Bo Burlingham Portfolio/Penguin Random House (2015) “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice [when selling a company]. In practice there is.” Yogi Berra As I began to…

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Gillian Tett on “How to Manage Silos”

September 23, 2015

In The Silo Effect, Gillian Tett explores “the peril of expertise and the promise of breaking down barriers. ” As she explains, the word originated in ancient Greece and referred to a “corn pit.” Over time, the word has referred…

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What is Education? Answers from 5th Century BC to the 21st Century

September 22, 2015

Unexpectedly, I came upon an article in Psychology Today (May 12, 2014) by Marilyn Price-Mitchell in which she includes a list of brief but insightful observations by a wide variety of 40 prominent people. Here are the first 15: o…

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What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

September 22, 2015

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto, published in the October 2001 issue of Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain…

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Patty Stonesifer (chief executive of Martha’s Table) in “The Corner Office”

September 21, 2015

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 Patty Stonesifer, . To read…

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A New Theory of Relativity

September 21, 2015

Here is a blog post by Josh Linker, an especially original thinker and a highly successful entrepreneur. To learn more about him and his exciting work, please click here. * * * Einstein’s famous theory of relativity (E=MC2) celebrates its…

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Avoiding Integrity Land Mines

September 20, 2015

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Ben W. Heineman, Jr. and published in the April 2007 issue of Harvard Business Review. . To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…

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Charlie Munger: A book review by Bob Morris

September 20, 2015

Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor Tren Griffin Columbia University Press (2015) “Make everything as simple as possible but no simpler.” Albert Einstein Briefly, Charles Thomas Munger (born January 1, 1924) is an American business magnate, lawyer, investor, and philanthropist. He…

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Persuade by Winning Hearts or Minds—but Not Both

September 19, 2015

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. * * * We’ve all heard that persuading other people requires winning both…

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Ellen J. Langer on the power of “Mindfulness”

September 19, 2015

In countless articles and interviews as well as in more than a dozen books, Ellen J. Langer offers an abundance of invaluable insights. Here are the ones of greatest interest and value to me, presented as a mosaic of wisdom.…

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