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The Quartet: A book review by Bob Morris

May 22, 2015

The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 Joseph J. Ellis Knopf (2015) A brilliant analysis of “arguably the most creative and consequential act of political leadership in American history” Many people still do not as yet know that that…

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Make Quick, Direct Feedback a Part of Your Routine

May 22, 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. * * * Many managers don’t give effective feedback because they’re simply pressed…

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Clay Christensen: One Q&A on Disruptive Innovation

May 21, 2015

In Thinkers 50 Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking to Take Your Business to the Next Level , Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove include an interview of Clay Christensen. Here is one of the Q&As: What exactly is disruptive innovation? Disruptive innovation has…

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Why Des Dearlove and Stu Crainer are so important

May 21, 2015

In my opinion, Des Dearlove and Stu Crainer are among the most important and yet (as yet) least appreciated knowledge leaders. If you are don’t know much about them, it’s high time that you do. Des Dearlove is an adjunct…

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Better Ways to Welcome New Team Members

May 21, 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. * * * When you bring on new team members, it’s important to…

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Philip Mudd: An interview by Bob Morris

May 20, 2015

Philip Mudd, the ex-deputy director of the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center and FBI’s National Security Branch, appears regularly on Fox News, CNN, and NPR. He is the current director of enterprise risk at SouthernSun asset management in Memphis, Tennessee. His book,…

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The Open Organization: A book review by Bob Morris

May 20, 2015

The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance Jim Whitehurst Harvard Business Review Press (2015) How and why to focus everyone’s attention on what is most important, doing so with passion to achieve breakthrough results Almost everything I know about the…

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Bernard J. Tyson (chief executive of Kaiser Permanente) in “The Corner Office”

May 20, 2015

Adam Bryant, Corner Office column, SundayBusiness section, The New York Times, The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed, Times Books, Bernard J. Tyson (chief executive of Kaiser Permanente) in “The Corner Office”,…

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Let the Kids Learn Through Play

May 19, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article by David Kohn that was featured by The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Bjorn Lie * * *…

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Bill of Rights: A book review by Bob Morris

May 19, 2015

The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America’s Liberties Carol Serkin Simon & Schuster (2015) How and why the Bill of Rights “is the most important element in the Constitution” Once the war for independence from Britain had been…

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