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“Which business books should every executive keep near at hand?”

December 9, 2012

Soon most of us will be exchanging holiday gifts and perhaps you’ll be asked what you would like to have. Why not suggest some business books? In my opinion, whether as a gift from someone else or one you give…

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The Better Mousetrap: A book review by Bob Morris

December 9, 2012

The Better Mousetrap: Brand Invention in a Media Democracy Simon Pont Kogan Page (2012) “Reality is a collective hunch.” Lily Tomlin When I noted the subtitle of Simon Pont’s book, “Brand Invention in a Media of Democracy,” I immediately –…

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Tony Tjan (Cue Bal) in “The Corner Office”

December 9, 2012

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 Tony Tjan, chief executive of Cue Ball, a venture capital firm based…

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“What if I cannot afford a consultant?”

December 8, 2012

Not a weekday goes by that someone doesn’t tell me, “I can’t afford a consultant” or “Our company can’t afford a consultant.” That may well be true. However, fortunately, there is no shortage of information, insights, and advice available and…

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Two Routes to Resilience

December 8, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Clark G. Gilbert, Matthew J. Eyring, and Richard N. Foster for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. If you read this article, you will learn how to develop…

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Resilience Quotations: Part 3

December 8, 2012

o “Someone was hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you, beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped before you…yet, someone survived…You can do anything you choose to do.” Maya Angelou o “It is not the…

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Yves Doz and Keeley Wilson: An interview by Bob Morris

December 8, 2012

Yves Doz, Professor of Strategic Management and Solvay Chaired Professor of Technological Innovation, INSEAD. Professor Doz started working on innovation and multinationals during his doctoral studies at the Harvard Business School, in the 1970s. Together with C.K. Prahalad, a close…

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Michael J. Mauboussin: An interview by Bob Morris, Part 1

December 7, 2012

Michael J. Mauboussin is Chief LMCM. In 2004, Michael was Chief U.S. Investment Strategist at Credit Suisse. Michael joined CS in 1992 as a packaged food industry analyst, and was repeatedly named to Institutional Investor‘s All-America Research Team and The Wall Street…

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Malcolm Gladwell on “Creation Myth: Xerox PARC, Apple, and the truth about innovation”

December 7, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from the archives of Malcolm Gladwell‘s articles for The New Yorker. To read the complete article and check out the other resources at his website, please click here. * * * In late 1979, a…

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Strategy for You: A book review by Bob Morris

December 7, 2012

Strategy for You: Building a Bridge to the Life You Want Rich Horwath Greenleaf Book Group Press (2012) If you have a dream, Rich Horwath can help you to make it come true. There are business situations in which the…

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