“the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom”

Dan E. King: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

March 27, 2015

Dan is the founder and principal of CloseReach Consulting and has developed a proprietary growth acceleration model designed for business leaders and senior teams striving to outpace the competition. The model consists of and numerically scores three growth drivers: Strategy…

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Bernhard Schroeder: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

March 22, 2015

Bernhard Schroeder is the Director, Lavin Entrepreneurship Center Programs and oversees all of the undergraduate and graduate experiential entrepreneurship programs on the San Diego State University campus. He also has responsibility for the Center’s marketing and outreach on both the…

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Mike Paton: An interview by Bob Morris

March 17, 2015

Mike Paton has spent a lifetime learning from and sharing with entrepreneurs. The product of an entrepreneurial household, he cut his teeth in banking before running (or helping run) four small, growing companies. For the last seven years, he’s been…

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Mindfulness: A book review by Bob Morris

March 14, 2015

Mindfulness, 25th anniversary edition (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) Ellen J. Langer DeCapo/Perseus Group (2014) How and why almost anyone can achieve mindfulness that will accelerate personal growth and professional development Note: This review is of the 25th Anniversary Edition. No…

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Michael Schrage: An interview by Bob Morris

March 10, 2015

Michael Schrage is a Research Fellow at the MIT Center for Digital Business and a Visiting Fellow at Imperial College’s Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He examines the various roles of models, prototypes, and simulations as collaborative media for innovation…

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Greg McKeown: An interview by Bob Morris

March 6, 2015

Greg McKeown is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. His writing has appeared or been covered by Fast Company, Fortune, HuffPost, Politico,Inc. Magazine and Harvard Business Review. He has also been interviewed…

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Caroline L. Arnold: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

February 24, 2015

Caroline Arnold has been a technology leader on Wall Street for more than a decade, managing some of the financial world’s largest software development teams and leading some of the industry’s most visible and complex initiatives. A dynamic and engaging…

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Dick and Emily Axelrod: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

February 15, 2015

Dick and Emily Axelrod come from a long line of entrepreneurs. So it was no surprise when in 1981 Dick left General Foods to form The Axelrod Group. At the time Emily was studying to get her second masters degree,…

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Marcia Reynolds on discomfort in the workplace: Part 1 of a second interview by Bob Morris

February 9, 2015

Dr. Marcia Reynolds, president of Covisioning LLC, works with clients around the world who seek to develop effective leaders. She understands organizational cultures, what blocks communication and innovation, and what is needed to bring people together for better results. She…

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James Merlino, MD: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

January 22, 2015

James Merlino, MD, has been the Chief Experience Officer of the Cleveland Clinic health system, as well as a practicing staff colorectal surgeon in the Digestive Disease Institute. He is the founder and current president of the Association for Patient…

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