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Reinventing Organizations: A book re view by Bob Morris

April 28, 2014

Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness Frederic Laloux Nelson Parker (2014) How and why to create, develop, and sustain “a more soulful, purposeful, and productive workplace” Recent and extensive research on…

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Rich Kalgaard: A Brief Q&A

April 28, 2014

Here is a brief Q&A that Amazon features in conjunction with Rich Kalgaard‘s book, The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success. * * * The Soft Edge seems to tie into many of the trending themes in business…

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The Six Steps of the Scientific Method

April 28, 2014

As Rich Karlgaard explains in The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success, the scientific method consists of six steps: 1. Observe and describe phenomena. 2. Sort them out and organize within categories. 3. Measure correlations and probabilities. 4.…

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An MBA In Less Than 400 Pages?

April 27, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Stanley Bing by Lauren Everitt, managing editor, Poets&Quants. To read the complete interview, please click here. * * * Can you really pack a two-year, $250,000-curriculum in a single book? Author…

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Step Up: A book review by Bob Morris

April 27, 2014

Step Up: Lead in Six Moments that Matter Henry Evans and Colm Foster Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2014) How to “step up and demonstrate leadership in important moments, with or without the official title and authority to do so. What Henry…

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How to Simplify Your Life in 5 Minutes a Day

April 26, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Greg McKeown for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the com plere article, check out others, please click here. Photo: Peter Jochems/shutterstock.com * * * The situation for many of us is that…

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Why Good Managers Are So Rare

April 26, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Randall Beck and James Harter 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…

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Welders Make $150,000? Bring Back Shop Class

April 25, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Josh Mandel for the Wall Street Journal. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo: Getty Images * * * In American high…

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Amanda Burden on “How public spaces make cities work”

April 25, 2014

Richard Saul Wurman created the TED conference in 1984 as a onetime event. (As you may already know, TED refers to Technology, Education, and Design.) It became a four-day conference six years later. Chris Anderson purchased TED in 2001. Until…

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The hidden value of organizational health—and how to capture it

April 25, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Aaron De Smet, Bill Schaninger, and Matthew Smith for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They cite new research suggesting that the performance payoff from organizational health is…

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