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Unorthodox Perspectives

June 27, 2024

If you want to put some white caps on your gray matter, check out these observations. * * * o “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Pogo the Possum o “There is nothing so practical as a…

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Competing in the Age of AI, a business classic reviewed by Bob Morris

June 27, 2024

Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani Harvard Business Review Press (January 2020) The impact of artificial intelligence on businesses: how they will operate and…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Creating a Great Culture

June 26, 2024

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (November 2019) Note: With rare exception, the material in HBR anthologies offers cutting-edge thinking that is both timeless and timely.  For example….…

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How Generative AI Can Support Advanced Analytics Practice

June 26, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Pedro Amorim and João Alves for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration…

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The overlooked essentials of employee well-being

June 25, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Jeffrey Pfeffer for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (September 11, 2018). To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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Controlling machine-learning algorithms and their biases

June 24, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a “classic” article written by Tobias Baer and Vishnu Kamalnath for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company (November 10, 2017). To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm,…

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The Strategy Book, a business classic reviewed by Bob Morris

June 24, 2024

The Strategy Book: How to think and act strategically to deliver outstanding results Max McKeown Pearson (2020) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter Not everyone agrees with Michael Porter’s assertion. Those who do include…

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HR Can’t Change Company Culture by Itself

June 23, 2024

Here is an excerpt from a classic article by Rebecca Newton, published  Harvard Business Review in the November 2, 2016,  issue. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click…

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Why Territorial Managers Stifle Innovation — and What to Do About It

June 23, 2024

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Vijaya Venkataramani, Rellie Derfler-Rozin, Xin Liu, and Jih-Yu Mao for the MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others,  sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription…

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Good Judgment: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 22, 2024

Good Judgment: Making Better Business Decisions with the Science of Human Personality Richard Davis HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (June 2024) How perceptivity can accelerate personal growth and professional development As I began to read Good Judgment, I was again reminded…

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