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Yorgen Edholm (chief executive of Accellion) in “The Corner Office”

April 10, 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 Yorgen Edholm, chief executive of…

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Vox Takes Melding of Journalism and Technology to a New Level

April 10, 2014

Throughout my career, wherever I lived, I have subscribed to The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal as well as to the local newspaper(s): The Boston Globe, and then (since 1976) the Dallas Morning News and also the Times…

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The Dragonfly Effect Workbook: A book review by Bob Morris

April 10, 2014

The Dragonfly Effect Workbook: The Power of Stories Andy Smith, Barbara McCarthy, and Jennifer Aaker CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2014) How to create or increase demand for whatever you offer with a social compaign that has accelerate, reach, and impact…

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Essentialism: A book review by Bob Morris

April 9, 2014

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Greg McKeown Crown Business/Imprint of Crown Publishing Group “Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.” Albert Einstein As I began to read this book for the first time, I was again reminded…

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What business leaders can learn from Paul (“Bear”) Bryant

April 9, 2014

Many years ago, “Bum” Phillips was asked who he thought the greatest football coach was. Without any hesitation, he said Bear Bryant. Why? Because “he can take his’n and beat your’n and take your’n and beat his’n.” His response offers…

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Anne Mulcahy (then chairwoman and chief executive of the Xerox Corporation) in “The Corner Office”

April 9, 2014

Note: This interview was published on March 21, 2009, and is worthy of being reprinted at this website. Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The…

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How resource scarcity is driving the third Industrial Revolution

April 9, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Stefan Heck and Matt Rogers for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. The authors of the new book Resource Revolution argue that high resource prices are spurring innovations…

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Huggy Rao and Robert I. Sutton on “Sometimes Slower Is Better”

April 8, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Huggy Rao and Robert I. Sutton for Talent Management magazine. They suggest that mastering the art of scaling a human organization requires learning when and how to shift gears from fast…

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New York Stories: A book review by Bob Morris

April 8, 2014

New York Stories: The Best of the City Section of the New York Times Constance Rosenblum, Editor New York University Press (2005) The “glories, frustrations, and peculiar appeal” of New York On occasion, I read two books at about the…

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Marty Neumeier on “The Rules of Genius, #7: Think Whole Thoughts”

April 8, 2014

Marty Neumneier 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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