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Robert LoCascio (LivePerson) in “The Corner Office”

February 10, 2013

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 Robert LoCascio, founder and C.E.O.…

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John Kotter on Why “Management Is (Still) Not Leadership”

February 10, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Kotter 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 subscription to HBR…

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Creative Conspiracy: A book review by Bob Morris

February 10, 2013

Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration Leigh Thompson Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why focused, individual work can achieve innovation breakthroughs when combined with structured team interaction However different they may be in many respects, all…

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This Will Make You Smarter: A book review by Bob Morris

February 9, 2013

This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking John Brockman, Editor Harper Perennial/HarperCollins (2012) Here are dozens of perspectives on what are, for most people, new scientific concepts for self-improvement Edge.org is a website offering an abundance of…

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Roger Martin on “How to Successfully Manage Opposing Strategies”

February 9, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger Martin for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily…

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Unrelenting Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

February 9, 2013

Unrelenting Innovation: How to Build a Culture for Market Dominance Gerard J. Tellis Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2013) How to avoid or overcome “the incumbent’s curse” to achieve market dominance By nature, books about innovation should contribute something new and/or something…

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TALES FROM THE WORLD BEFORE YESTERDAY: A Conversation with Jared Diamond

February 8, 2013

Here is another in the CONVERSATIONS AT EDGE series, in this instance a conversation with Jared Diamond who explains, “I’ve set myself the modest task of trying to explain the broad pattern of human history, on all the continents, for…

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New Research on “The Innovation Bottom Line”

February 8, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from the Introduction to the 2012 Sustainability & Innovation Global Executive Study and Research Project, co-sponsored by MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group. The report was co-authored by David Kiron, Nina Kruschwitz,…

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Change by Design: A book review by Bob Morris

February 8, 2013

Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation Tim Brown HarperBusiness (2009) How to use design thinking to convert a need into a demand I recently read two books (this one written with Barry Katz and Roger…

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Here’s an easy IQ test for really intelligent people

February 7, 2013

You only need four correct out of 10 questions to pass. 1) How long did the Hundred Years’ War last? 2) Which country makes Panama hats? 3) From which animal do we get cat gut? 4) In which month do…

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