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Make Your Brain Smarter: A book review by Bob Morris

April 18, 2013

Make Your Brain Smarter: Increase Your Brain’s Creativity, Energy, and Focus Sandra Bond Chapman with Shelly Kirkland Free Press/A Simon & Schuster Imprint (2013) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle…

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Evolution of the networked enterprise: McKinsey Global Survey results

April 17, 2013

Here is an excerpt from another McKinsey Global Study during which executives indicate that the adoption of social-media tools at their companies is high—and that this usage could spur additional benefits. To read the complete report, check out other resources,…

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50 Philosophy Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

April 17, 2013

50 Philosophy Classics: THINKING, BEING, ACTING, SEEING – Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2013) The study of philosophy has as its purpose to know…the truth about the ways things are.” Thomas…

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To Innovate, Find What’s Hiding in Plain Sight

April 17, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Vijay Govindarajan and Srikanth Srinivas for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a…

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Employee Engagement: Key Insights

April 16, 2013

In recent years, we have observed a tsunami of books, articles, and events that focus on employee engagement. Much of the content they provide and discuss is based on research by highly reputable firms. In Flat Army: Creating a Connected…

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The Nature of the Future: A book review by Bob Morris

April 16, 2013

The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World Marina Gorbis Free Press/A Division of Simon & Schuster (2013) How and why “we are infusing more and more of our economic transactions with social connectedness” Why did Marina Gorbis…

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John Boudreau on “The Physics of Talent”

April 16, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Boudreau for Talent Management magazine. In it, he asks, “Have you given your people the right opportunity to perform?” To read the complete article, check out all the resources, and…

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Why Ron Johnson Was Ousted As JCPenney CEO

April 16, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Robert Passikoff and featured by the CustomerThink website. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * In 2000…

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Chip Heath and Olivier Sibony on “Making great decisions”

April 15, 2013

Here is an excerpt from the transcript of a conversation featured by The McKinsey Quarterly during which Stanford’s Chip Heath and McKinsey’s Olivier Sibony discuss new research, fresh frameworks, and practical tools for decision makers. To read the complete transcript,…

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Sparks of Genius: A book review by Bob Morris

April 15, 2013

Sparks of Genius: The 13 Thinking Tools Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Company (1999) A brilliant examination of “the whole point of gourmet thinking and education” I agree with Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein: “By half-understanding the nature of…

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