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How to get your organization to and then remain at “The Center for the Edge”

April 26, 2012

The Center for the Edge, part of Deloitte LLP, helps senior executives make sense of and profit from emerging opportunities on the edge of business and technology. What is created on the edge of the competitive landscape—in terms of technology,…

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Todd Henry: An interview by Bob Morris

April 25, 2012

Todd Henry is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams generate brilliant ideas.  He regularly speaks and consults with companies, both large and small, about how to develop practices and systems that lead…

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An Oprah Winfrey few have seen…until now

April 25, 2012

  The CBS This Morning program continues its series, “Note to Self,” and each is brilliantly presented. Oprah Winfrey is among those who have participated thus far, reading a brief message to herself, at age 20. I have admired her since first…

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Why You Won’t Get Breakthrough Innovation by Being Nice

April 25, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Simon Rucker for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *  …

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Get Lucky: A book review by Bob Morris

April 24, 2012

Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business Thor Muller and Lane Becker Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why to cultivate conditions and develop skills for chance encounters that offer new business opportunities…

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How to Craft an Attention-Grabbing Message

April 24, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kare Anderson for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *     *     * You can…

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Eight Strategic Talent Levers

April 23, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Paul H. Eccher and Linda D. Sharkey for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please…

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Teach the Books, Touch the Heart

April 23, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Claire Needell Hollander, an English teacher at a public middle school in Manhattan. It first appeared in the April 20, 2012, edition of  The New York Times. It attracted my attention…

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4 Secrets of Great Critical Thinkers

April 22, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an excellent article written by Paul J. H. Schoemaker and featured online at the Inc. magazine website. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain deep-discount subscription information, please click here. *…

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Russell Goldsmith (City National Bank in Los Angeles) in “The Corner Office”

April 22, 2012

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Russell Goldsmith, chairman and chief executive of City National Bank in Los Angeles. In its “Story Idol” competition, he says, employees talk about…

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