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After graduating in PPE from Jesus College, Oxford, David Wethey joined AC Nielsen in 1965, where he presented Marketing Research to leading marketing companies. However, the London agency world beckoned and in 1968 David joined Pritchard Wood (the birthplace of…
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Leading Firms: How Great Professional Service Firms Succeed & How Your Firm Can Too David Kuhlman SelectBooks (2013) Valuable perspectives on the unique and complicated world of professional services Since 1986 when I established my independent management consulting firm, I…
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Culturematic: How Reality TV, John Cheever, a Pie Lab, Julia Child, Fantasy Football . . . Will Help You Create and Execute Breakthrough Ideas Grant McCracken Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How to test the world and discover meaning in…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a blog posted by Walter Kiechel III at his website. Although dated several years ago, its insights remaining compelling relevant. To read the entire article and check out other resources, please click here. *…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Malcolm Gladwell for The New Yorker (December 15, 2008). Although written years ago, it still has some bite. To read the complete article and check out other Gladwell resources, please…
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Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future Dorie Clark Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde Don’t be deterred by the title. I wasn’t only because I hold Dorie Clark in such regard…
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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 J.W. Marriott Jr. (known as Bill), executive chairman and former C.E.O.…
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Predator Nation: Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America Charles H. Ferguson Crown Business (2012) The nature and extent of ethical and financial kudzu Other reviews have (collectively) covered most of the most important points to be made…
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How to Keep Innovation Jams Small and Focused
Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Bringing together people from different backgrounds to creatively brainstorm…
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