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Why Positivity is So Essential in the Workplace

August 27, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Marla Gottschalk for LinkedIn. She explains why the importance of “psychological capital” is incalculable when attempting to determine the value of an individual or team as well as the value of…

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Disrupt!: A book review by Bob Morris

August 27, 2013

Disrupt! Think Epic. Be Epic Bill Jensen Net Minds (2013) How-to-Figure-It-All-Out I have read and reviewed all of Bill Jensen’s previously published books and think Disrupt! is his most valuable — thus far — because it will have the widest…

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Kevin Allen: Second interview, by Bob Morris

August 27, 2013

Kevin Allen is Founder & Chairman of business transformation company, [re:kap], that counts Burberry, M&C Saatchi, Nokia, Omnicom, Rolls-Royce, Smythson and Swedbank among its global clients. He spent over two decades on the front lines of business development at the…

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Tom Kelley and David Kelley on the Care and Feeding of an Innovation Team

August 26, 2013

In Tom Kelley and David Kelley’s book, Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All (Crown Business, October 2013), they offer some excellent advice on the “care and feeding of an innovation team.” Here is an abbreviation of their…

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A Study in Sinatra: There are times when you just do whatever must be done

August 26, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Marla Gottschalk for LinkedIn. She cites an unlikely source for valuable business lessons when explaining why, when we are “not onboard” and are reluctant to “buy in” with regard to an…

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Moment of Battle: A book review by Bob Morris

August 26, 2013

Moment of Battle: The Twenty Clashes That Changed the World James Lacey and Williamson Murray Bantam Books/Rabdom House Publishing (2013) Twenty battles that “changed the flow of history in profoundly fundamental ways that still echo throughout the world” Although I…

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John Butman: An interview by Bob Morris

August 25, 2013

John Butman is founder and principal of the idea and content development firm Idea Platforms, Inc. and author of Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas (Harvard Business Review Press 2013). He has worked with…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 8/19/13)

August 25, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Business of Belief: How the World’s Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders Get Us to…

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The Business of Belief: A book review by Bob Morris

August 24, 2013

The Business of Belief: How the World’s Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders Get Us to Believe Tom Asaker CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2013) “The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because…

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How Do You Create Innovation in Your Business? Kill the Company

August 24, 2013

Here is a brief portion of an interview of Lisa Bodell by Raul Candeloro in an article written by Glenn Burr for the Inc. Small Giants Community (ISGC). To read the complete article, check out other resources, and learn more…

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