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Decision Management Systems: A book review by Bob Morris

November 3, 2012

Decision Management Systems: A Practical Guide to Using Business Rules and Predictive Analytics James Taylor IBM Press/Pearson 2012 How business principles and predictive analytics can help to prepare leaders and their organizations for almost any contingency Opinions are divided, sometimes…

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Bill George on “The Idea That Led to 10 Years of Double-Digit Growth”

November 2, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Bill George for the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click…

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The Thought Leader Interview: Henry Chesbrough

November 2, 2012

Here is the introduction to an interview of Henry Chesbrough conducted by Ron Norton for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete article, check out other sources, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information,…

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HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done: A book review by Bob Morris

November 2, 2012

HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2012) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker This is one of…

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Leigh Branham: An interview by Bob Morris

November 1, 2012

Leigh Branham is Principal and Founder of Keeping the People, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas. Leigh has been researching and speaking about best practices in employee engagement and retention since 1995. He helps companies analyze the root causes of employee disengagement…

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World’s 50 Best Business School Professors

November 1, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Andrea Carter and featured by the Poets & Quants website. To read the complete article and check out all the other resources (including videos), please click here. * * *…

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Mining Big Data to Find New Markets: A Harvard Business Review Webinar Conclusions Paper

October 31, 2012

This webinar conclusions paper by Harvard Business Review explores the topic of “big data” and how companies today are mining big data to develop insights and identify micromarkets that represent opportunities for remarkable growth. McKinsey consultants and co-authors Manish Goyal…

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Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations: A book review by Bob Morris

October 31, 2012

Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations: Aligning Culture and Strategy Daniel Denison, Robert Hooijberg, Nancy Lane, and Colleen Lief Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) Why and how both culture and strategy must be aligned and integrated throughout any organizational change process…

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How to Save Time by Saying No

October 31, 2012

  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. * * * What matters more: the amount of time you work…

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How to read a business book

October 30, 2012

Most of us are taught to read phonetically. In fact, the speed of light is far greater than the speed of sound. (The speed of sound is 767 mph whereas the speed of light is almost 300-million meters per second.) The eye…

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