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Big Data: The All-Important 90/10 Rule

May 19, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bernard Marr, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * In this post I…

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Rethinking 5 Beliefs that Erode Workplace Motivation

May 19, 2015

Here is Part 1 of an article by Susan Fowler for LinkedIn Plus. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Can you fill-in-the-blanks on these common workplace…

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Seriously Fun Courses in Critical Thinking

May 18, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Bill Jensen, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * And you thought these…

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How to Make It OK for Employees to Challenge Your Ideas

May 18, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Hal Gregersen for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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HBR Guide to Office Politics: A book review by Bob Morris

May 18, 2015

HBR Guide to Office Politics Karen Dillon Harvard Business Review Press (2015) Rise above rivalry, avoid power games, and build better relationships to accelerate personal growth and professional development In HBR Guide to Office Politics, published by Harvard Business Review…

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Herminia Ibarra: An interview by Bob Morris

May 17, 2015

Herminia Ibarra is the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD. Prior to joining INSEAD she served on the Harvard Business School faculty for thirteen years. She is a member of the World Economic Forum Global…

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Philip Kotler: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

May 17, 2015

Philip Kotler is the S.C. Johnson & Son Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He received his Master’s Degree at the University of Chicago and his PhD Degree at MIT, both in…

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How to Cope with Four Great Disruptive Forces

May 16, 2015

In No Ordinary Disruption Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jonathan Woetzel explain how to cope with “four global forces breaking all the trends”: emerging growth markets (including cities) as the new gravitational centers of economic activity, increasingly faster pace of…

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The First Question to Ask of Any Strategy

May 16, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger L. Martin for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email…

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Dissent: A book review by Bob Morris

May 16, 2015

Dissent: The History of an American Idea Ralph Young New York University Press (2015) “All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” Edmund Burke On occasion, I read two or more books…

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