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Stewart Friedman: A very special educator

September 28, 2011

Currently Stewart Friedman is a Practice Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is founder and director of Wharton’s Work/Life Integration Project and he founded Wharton’s Leadership Programs for both the MBA and Undergraduate…

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Marty Neumeier: An interview by Bob Morris

September 27, 2011

Neumeier’s professional mission is to “incite business revolution by unleashing the power of design thinking.” He does this by writing books, conducting workshops, and speaking internationally on brand, innovation, and design. He began his career as a brand designer, and…

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The Designful Company: A book review by Bob Morris

September 27, 2011

The Designful Company: How to build a culture of nonstop innovation Marty Neumeier Peachpit Press/New Riders (2008) Neumeier addresses the challenge of organizing a company for agility by developing a “designful mind”: that is, a perspective that enables decision-makers to…

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Marty Neumeier on “Knowing. Making. Doing.”

September 27, 2011

  Here is an especially valuable blog post from Marty Neumeier who is among the thought leaders whom I’ve been privileged to interview. Neumeier’s professional mission is to “incite business revolution by unleashing the power of design thinking.” He does…

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Giving Voice to Values: A book review by Bob Morris

September 27, 2011

Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What’s Right Mary C. Gentile Yale University Press; First Edition edition (August 24, 2010) How to express your values more eloquently and act upon them more effectively As…

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Mary C. Gentile on “voicing values in the workplace”

September 27, 2011

Here is a brief introduction to a video interview of Mary C. Gentile by Lily Cunningham that I consider a “must see.” Credit McKinsey & Company and its Quarterly for creating access to valuable insights on a business subject that…

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Mary C. Gentile: An interview by Bob Morris

September 27, 2011

Mary C. Gentile is Senior Research Scholar at Babson College; Senior Advisor, Aspen Institute Business & Society Program; and consultant. Previously Gentile was faculty member and case development manager at Harvard Business School. She is author of Giving Voice To…

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Total Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

September 27, 2011

Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life Stewart D. Friedman Harvard Business School Press (2008) Friedman recommends a four-step process of exploration and discovery of the relative importance in each of four domains in life (i.e. work,…

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Stewart D. Friedman: An interview by Bob Morris

September 27, 2011

Currently Friedman is a Practice Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  Friedman is founder and director of Wharton’s Work/Life Integration Project and he founded Wharton’s Leadership Programs for both the MBA and Undergraduate divisions. …

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How to help your employees become much better listeners

September 27, 2011

  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. *     *     * Many worthwhile initiatives fail because of communication breakdowns: management…

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