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HBR on Inspiring & Executing Innovation

June 14, 2011

I am especially appreciative of various series of anthologies of HBR articles that are published by Harvard Business Review. These include  HBR Essentials, HBR on, and HBR 10 Must Reads.  If all of the articles each contains were purchased as reprints…

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Jennifer Prosek: An interview by Bob Morris

June 14, 2011

Jennifer Prosek is the founder and CEO of CJP Communications (CJP), where she leads many of the firm’s key accounts. Under her leadership, the firm has become a leading international public relations and financial communications consultancy with offices in New…

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America’s Most Productive Companies 2011

June 14, 2011

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Making Horses Drink: A book review by Bob Morris

June 14, 2011

Making Horses Drink: How to Lead & Succeed in Business Alex Hiam Entrepreneur Press (2002 Note: I read and then reviewed this book when it was first published and recently re-read it. Frankly, I am even more impressed now by…

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3 Rules for Making Your Writing Clear

June 14, 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. In business writing, you get points for clarity, not style. Instead of trying…

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Jeanne W. Ross: An interview by Bob Morris

June 13, 2011

  Jeanne Ross earned a B.A., from the University of Illinois, an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D., from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Information Systems Research. Much of…

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Geoffrey A. Moore: An interview by Bob Morris

June 13, 2011

      Geoffrey A. Moore is the author of five best-selling, highly influential business books: Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, The Gorilla Game (with co-authors Tom Kippola and Paul Johnson), Living on the Fault Line, and most recently…

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Life Lessons From the Car Guy

June 13, 2011

What does it take to inspire people and defeat a bean-counting corporate bureaucracy? An autocrat in the boardroom with an allergy to consensus, says former Chrysler and GM executive Bob Lutz. Here is an excerpt from an article of his…

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Why women tend to be better managers in business….

June 13, 2011

One man’s opinion (Part One), women tend to be better managers in business because they 1. Ask more and better questions 2. Listen better 3. Have more highly-developed emotional intelligence 4. Are much less inclined to hold grudges 5. Are…

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Josh Linkner: An interview by Bob Morris

June 13, 2011

Josh Linkner is the New York Times bestselling author of Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, named one of the top 30 business books of 2011. He is the CEO and Managing Partner of Detroit Venture Partners, a…

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