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Andrew Winston on “The Competing Black Swans of Sustainability”

January 9, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andrew Winston 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 Alerts, please click here. *    …

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Your Best Just Got Better: A book review by Bob Morris

January 8, 2013

Your Best Just Got Better: Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More Jason W. Womack John S. Wiley & Sons (2012) How and why taking “Baby steps” can lead to giant achievements In the film What About Bob (1991), Richard Dreyfuss…

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Joey Reiman: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

January 8, 2013

Joey Reiman is CEO and founder of BrightHouse. Over the past 25 years, Joey has worked with leadership at The Coca-Cola Company, Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s and Newell Rubbermaid, and has emerged as one of the nation’s foremost visionaries and…

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John Linkner on “4 Big Reasons Why Your Resolutions Will Fail”

January 8, 2013

Here is Josh Linkner‘s most recent blog post and one of his very best. During this holiday season as another New Year begins, many of us make resolutions with the high hopes and great expectations. This year, I resolved not…

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Marty Neumeier, The Second Interview (Part 2) by Bob Morris

January 7, 2013

Marty Neumeier is a designer, writer, and business adviser whose mission is to bring the principles and processes of creativity to industry. His latest book, Metaskills, explores the five essential talents that will drive innovation in the 21st century. His…

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Chasing Stars: A book review by Bob Morris

January 7, 2013

Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance Boris Groysberg Princeton University Press (2010) How and why the productivity of some people “massively outstrips that of their colleagues” I cannot recall a prior time in U.S. business…

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Todd L. Pittinsky: An interview by Bob Morris

January 7, 2013

Todd L. Pittinsky is Professor of Technology and Society at SUNY Stony Brook and a senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He was previously Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he served…

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William Gibbs: “The Turd Seller”

January 6, 2013

As revealed in The Best of Business, a book published by The Economist in collaboration with Pegasus Books in 2009, William Gibbs (1790-1875) became an exceptionally wealthy man by selling guano, seabird dung, that is rich in nitrates and phosphates,…

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G.J. Hart (California Pizza Kitchen) in “The Corner Office”

January 6, 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 G. J. Hart, the executive…

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Win with Advanced Business Analytics: A book review by Bob Morris

January 6, 2013

Win with Advanced Business Analytics: Creating Business Value from Your Data Jean-Paul Isson and Jesse Harriott John Wiley & Sons (2012) How to leverage business analytics to create value for everyone involved in the given enterprise Most of what I…

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