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The Laws of Simplicity: A book review by Bob Morris

May 9, 2011

The Laws of Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life John Maeda The MIT Press (2006) Getting to “the other side of complexity Almost immediately after I began to read this book, I was reminded of two quotations, the first from Oliver…

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One Page Talent Management: A book review by Bob Morris

April 24, 2011

One Page Talent Management: Eliminating Complexity, Adding Value Marc Effron and Miriam Ort Harvard Business Press (2010) A comprehensive analysis of “the most powerful, repeatable processes that create successful talent” The claim by Marc Effron and Miriam Ort that they…

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“Truths for winning at business without losing yourself….”

March 25, 2011

That is the subtitle of a book, Rules of Thumb, written by Alan Webber and published by HarperBusiness in 2009.  What we have here is a series of 52 mini-commentaries, each devoted to an insight or conviction that Webber has formulated…

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Ten Steps Ahead: A book review by Bob Morris

March 18, 2011

Ten Steps Ahead: What Separates Successful Business Visionaries from the Rest of Us Erik Calonius Portfolio/Penguin Group (2011) Dreamers think about it…visionaries see it and then make it happen, at whatever cost The material in Ten Steps Ahead is based…

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Wet highways do not cause rain.

January 19, 2011

Many people confuse symptoms with causes when attempting to solve problems. In an article written for Harvard Business Review in 1963, Peter Drucker observed, “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be…

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Billy Graham’s new suit

December 1, 2010

Billy Graham is now 91-years-old with Parkinson’s disease. In January 2000, leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, invited their favorite son, Billy Graham, to a luncheon in his honor. He hesitated to accept the invitation because he struggles with Parkinson’s disease. But the Charlotte leaders said, “We…

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