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Linda D. Henman: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

August 5, 2014

Linda D. Henman is one of those rare experts who can say she’s a coach, consultant, speaker, and author. For more than 30 years, she has worked with Fortune 500 Companies and small businesses that want to think strategically, grow…

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42 of History’s Greatest Creative Minds and the Workspaces Where They Found Inspiration

August 5, 2014

I have an office-in-the-home and take a brief break several times a day. One of my favorite diversions is surfing on the Web for about ten minutes, hoping to discover an especially interesting website of which I was previously unaware.…

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Wilfull Blindness: Cataracts of Cognition

August 4, 2014

In her brilliant book, Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril, Margaret Heffernan rigorously and eloquently examines a common problem: denying truths that are “too painful, too frightening to confront.” Many people revert to denial because they…

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David Kenny (C.E.O. of the Weather Company) in “The Corner Office”

August 4, 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 David Kenny, chief executive of…

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Hooked: A book review by Bob Morris

August 4, 2014

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Nir Eyal with Ryan Hoover CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2013) How to manage consumers’ habits to your advantage Since the bazaars in antiquity, marketing’s objective has remained the same: create or increase demand for…

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Future Tense: What Two Years Tell Us About-Dodd Frank

August 4, 2014

According to Kevin Blakely, John Kocjan, and Christopher Spoth, it’s clear that the principles embedded in Dodd-Frank are here to stay. While some adjustments may be made around the edges of this monumental law, the core principles targeting systemic risk…

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James Kerr: An interview by Bob Morris

August 3, 2014

James M. Kerr is a management consultant and organizational behaviorist. He specializes in strategic planning, corporate transformation and project & program development. For over 20 years, Jim has forged a different type of consulting practice – one that does its…

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Still Surprised: A book review by Bob Morris

August 3, 2014

Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership Warren Bennis Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2010) Four score and counting, while his insatiable curiosity explores and his sense of wonder delights I have read and reviewed most (if not all) of…

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Warren Bennis: Still Surprised…and Fondly Remembered

August 2, 2014

I was saddened to learn of Warren Bennis‘ death this past Thursday in Los Angeles at age 89. The title of his last of several dozen books, Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership, is especially appropriate because,…

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The hero’s journey through the landscape of the future

August 2, 2014

A new economic landscape is beginning to emerge. Lower barriers to market entry, commercialization and changing workforce dynamics are putting increasing performance pressure on large companies. Individuals are taking advantage of lowered barriers to become creators in their own right.…

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