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The Innovator’s Dilemma: A book review by Bob Morris

June 16, 2011

The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail Clayton M. Christensen HarperCollins (2003) A brilliant analysis of a multi-dimensional paradox Having just re-read this business “classic,” I admire it even more now than I did when it…

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Use Constraint to Instigate Innovation

June 16, 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. Scarcity seems to have replaced necessity as the mother of invention in…

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The 14 Biggest Ideas of the Year

June 15, 2011

What are “The 14 Biggest Ideas of the Year”? Thanks to The Atlantic magazine and its superb website, you have two options to consider: 1. Please click here to read the article in which Big Ideas are discussed. 2. Please…

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Why Your Business Doesn’t Have a Seal Team Six

June 15, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by H. James Wilson and Elaine Eisenman 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…

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How to Remain Relevant [in Today’s Job Market] When You’re Over 40

June 14, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Penelope Trunk for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click…

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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

I have signed up to receive email alerts from Profiles International, a firm that  offers assessment solutions that enable organizations to select the right people and 
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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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