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Mind Change: A book review by Bob Morris

March 11, 2015

Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains Susan A. Greenfield Random House (2015) A brilliant examination of “what is surely the most far reaching and exciting challenge of our time.” If the mind is what…

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Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help

March 11, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Fabian J. Sting, Christoph H. Loch, and Dirk Stempfhuber for MIT Sloan Management Review. To keep product development projects on schedule, they explain why establishing psychological safety and promoting cooperative…

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Michael Schrage: An interview by Bob Morris

March 10, 2015

Michael Schrage is a Research Fellow at the MIT Center for Digital Business and a Visiting Fellow at Imperial College’s Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He examines the various roles of models, prototypes, and simulations as collaborative media for innovation…

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Wiser: A book review by Bob Mofrris

March 10, 2015

Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter Cass R. Sunstein and Reid Hastie Harvard Business Review Press 2014) How to separate, implement, and optimize the divergent and convergent stages of every problem-solving process As I began to read this…

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Walter Isaacson on Alan Turing and the Imitation Game

March 10, 2015

In this brief video for bigthink.com biographer Walter Isaacson compares Alan Turing’s computing philosophy with that of Ada Lovelace a hundred years prior. Turing, the subject of the new film The Imitation Game, is also featured prominently in Isaacson’s new…

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The Secrets to Managing Business Analytics Projects

March 9, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Stijn Viaene and Annabel Van den Bunder for MIT SLoan Managedment Review. They explain why business analytics projects are often characterized by uncertain or changing requirements — and a high…

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The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

March 9, 2015

The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership: Classical Wisdom for Modern Leaders M.A. Soupios and Panos Mourdoukoutas AMACOM (2015) “Everything changes, nothing changes.” Heraclitus Although M.A. Soupios and Panos Mourdoukoutas selected the term “rules,” I think “defining characteristics” or “core principles”…

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Sarah Fister Gale on “Tricks of the Predictive Trade”

March 9, 2015

Here is a brief article written by Sarah Fister Gale for Talent Management magazine. She explains why adoption of predictive analytics in talent management has been slow, but a few companies have shown how it can positively influence business. To…

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Peter Stearns on “The History of Happiness”

March 8, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Peter N. Stearns 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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Edward (Ned) Hallowell, MD, on Stress in the Workplace: A second interview by Bob Morris

March 8, 2015

Edward (Ned) Hallowell, MD, a child and adult psychiatrist, is a New York Times bestselling author, world-renowned speaker and leading authority in the field of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He is a graduate of Harvard College and Tulane Medical…

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