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Marty Neumeier on “Ten Ways to Learn How to Learn”

June 21, 2014

In his latest book, The 46 Rules of Genius: An Innovator’s Guide to Creativity, Marty Neumeier observes, “Teaching yourself is called autodidacticism. It requires that you develop your own theory of learning, a personal framework for acquiring new knowledge. While…

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Clayton Christensen Responds to New Yorker Takedown of “Disruptive Innovation”

June 20, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview by Drake Bennett of Clayton Christensen for Bloomberg Businessweek. It is a “must read” for anyone who has a keen interest in cutting-edge business thinking as well as a keen interest in…

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Tim Ferriss on the incredible power of RAM: random-access memory

June 20, 2014

Can you draw — from memory — the face of a penny? Probably not. That’s why it is so important to understand the reason and then you can learn a foreign language twice as fast. How? Tim Ferriss responds in…

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Sylvia Ann Hewlett on “How to Command a Room”

June 20, 2014

Those who have read one or more of Sylvia Ann Hewlett‘s previously published books (notably When the Bough Breaks, Off-Ramps and On-Ramps, Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets, and Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor) already know that…

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Rich Horwath on “Elevation”: A third interview by Bob Morris

June 20, 2014

Rich Horwath is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author on strategy. As the CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute, Rich leads executive teams through the strategy process and has helped more than 50,000 managers…

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Andrew Solomon on “How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are”

June 19, 2014

Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of adversity, while also spinning tales of the courageous people he’s met in the years since. In…

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Rich Karlgaard: An interview by Bob Morris

June 19, 2014

Rich Karlgaard is an angel investor, board director and Wall Street Journal best-selling author as well as the longtime publisher (since 1998) of Forbes magazine. He also writes the Forbes column, “Innovation Rules,” which is known for its witty assessment…

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Executive Presence: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2014

Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success Sylvia Ann Hewlett HarperBusiness/HarperCollins (2014) “Let your light so shine before men….” Those who have read one or more of Sylvia Ann Hewlett’s previously published books (notably When the Bough Breaks,…

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Own Your Future: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2014

Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy Paul B. Brown with Charles F. Kiefer and Leonard A. Schlesinger AMACOM (2012) Here’s an “owner’s manual for having a more successful life” on the…

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Mark Van Rijmenam on “Eight Realities of Big Data That Executives Should Already Know”

June 18, 2014

In his recently published book, Think Bigger: Developing a Successful Big Data Strategy for Your Business, Mark van Rijmenam asserts that executives need to know what the most important aspects of Big Data are that their organizations should be aware…

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