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The Coming of the Second Machine Age

February 12, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Bill Teuber for the Huffington Post. To read the complete article, c heck out others, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * Andrew McAfee and…

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The Doodle Revolution: A book review by Bob Morris

February 12, 2014

The Doodle Revolution: Unlock the Power to Think Differently Sunni Brown Portfolio/Penguin Group (2014) How to make spontaneous marks (with your mind and body) to help yourself think with greater precision and clarity In this entertaining as well as informative…

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Carmine Gallo on why Steve Jobs’s presentations were “insanely great”

February 12, 2014

In The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience (McGraw-Hill, 2009), Carmine Gallo cites a few tips early in his narrative. They may seem simple but don’t be fooled. All of the…

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Christy Wyatt (chief executive of Good Technology) in “The Corner Office”

February 11, 2014

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 Christy Wyatt, the chief executive…

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!nnovation: A book review by Bob Morris

February 11, 2014

!nnovation: How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World Kim Chandler McDonald KoganPage (2013) Valuable perspectives on and from within the emerging and evolving Global Digital Economy (GDE) This is the latest of several dozen books on innovation that I…

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Health and Safety Industry Survey: 2014

February 11, 2014

Here is the Executive Summary for a new report on research sponsored by MySafetySign. It indicates that worker attitudes, limited budgets and lack of understanding of risks are three major barriers to implementing health and safety practices in the workplace.…

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Sunni Brown on “14 Tips for Doodling Auditory Content in Real Time”

February 10, 2014

In The Doodle Revolution, Sunni Brown explains how to “unlock the power to think differently.” Of special interest to me is what she has to say about how to become a much more effective listener. She offers 14 specific tips…

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Denial: A book review by Bob Morris

February 10, 2014

Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face—and What to Do About It Richard S. Tedlow Portfolio/Penguin Group (2010) Note: I reviewed this book when it was first published and recently re-read it, curious to see how…

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Brain Food Nuggets (71-80)

February 10, 2014

The buffet awaits: o “The difference between successful and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.” Warren Buffet o “It has become almost a cliché to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature,…

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Marty Neumeier on “The Rules of Genius, # 1: Break the Rules “

February 9, 2014

Marty Neumeier is the Director of Transformation for the Liquid Agency as well as author of several bestselling books in which he explains how almost anyone in almost any organization can help to achieve breakthroughs in creativity and innovation. He…

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