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Collective Genius: A book review by Bob Morris

June 29, 2014

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Valuable perspectives on the role of the leader in creating and then sustaining a culture within which…

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Michael J. Passaro (production stage manager for “Pippin” on Broadway) in “The Corner Office”

June 28, 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 Michael J. Passaro, production stage…

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Secrets of the Creative Brain

June 28, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Nancy Andreasen for The Atlantic magazine. A leading neuroscientist who has spent decades studying creativity, she shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ—and…

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Marty Neumeier on “Seven Ways to Simplify Your Work”

June 27, 2014

In his latest book, The 46 Rules of Genius: An Innovator’s Guide to Creativity, Marty Neumeier observes, “Most people have a built-in bias toward addition instead of subtraction. For some reason, the concept of ‘more’ comes naturally to us. Yet…

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SHIFT: A book review by Bob Morris

June 27, 2014

SHIFT: Indigenous Principles for Corporate Change Glenn Geffcken Open Book Editions/A Berrett-Koehler Partner (2014) How and why “now is the time for being, feeling, and living with meaning and purpose” As Glenn Geffcken carefully explains in this volume, there are…

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Chet Elton on “The Power of Positivity

June 27, 2014

Here’s a brief article by Chet Elton for LinkedIn Pulse. To check out others, please click here. * * * When Sean Covey was playing quarterback at BYU, his father Stephen R. Covey rushed back from a work assignment overseas…

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David Brooks on the “Crooked Timber Mentality”

June 26, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by David Brooks for The New York Times. He shares his thoughts about a blog post by Lydia Netzer. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please…

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Wharton’s Adam Grant on the key to professional success

June 26, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from a transcript of an interview of Adam Grant by Rik Kirkland for the McKinsey Quarterly in which Grant explains why generosity in the workplace continues to be more effective than selfishness and why it…

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Brian Tracy on Marketing: A book review by Bob Morris

June 26, 2014

Brian Tracy on Marketing Brian Tracy AMACOM (2014) The essentials of how to create or increase demand for what you offer This is one of the volumes in the The Brian Tracy Success Library, all published by AMACOM. Tracy has…

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How to Deal with Difficult Employees and Co-workers

June 25, 2014

Here’s a brief excerpt from an article by Christina Boyes for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. Image credit: Graphic Stock * * * You probably hate dandelions. Almost everyone with a…

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