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The Reciprocity Advantage: A book review by Bob Morris

October 29, 2014

The Reciprocity Advantage: A New Way to Partner for Innovation and Growth Bob Johansen and Karl Ronn Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2014) How and why the reciprocity advantage will become increasingly profitable in ways and to an extent only now imaginable As…

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Dataclysm: A book review by Bob Morris

September 30, 2014

Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking) Christian Rudder Crown (2014) Noah had his flood and it ended. Now we have ours and it will never end. To what does the title of this book refer? According…

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The Future of Books: What are the realities?

September 11, 2014

In an article featured in Forbes magazine (2/10/14), “Amazon Vs. Book Publishers, By The Numbers,” Jeff Bercovici cites an important article by George Packer for The New Yorker and then provides information of special interest to me concerning major trends…

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Cheap Words: Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books?

September 11, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an especially important article by George Packer for The New Yorker in which in which discusses whether or not Jeff Bezos and Amazon are good for the book publishing industry. Opinions are sharply divided…

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Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work

September 9, 2014

I have read and reviewed Liz Wiseman’s previously published books — notably Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter and The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools — and am now reading Rookie Smarts, published by HarperBusiness (October 2014). In it,…

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The seven traits of effective digital enterprises

August 8, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Tunde Olanrewaju, Kate Smaje, and Paul Willmott for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why, to stay competitive, companies must stop experimenting with digital…

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The Emotional Boundaries You Need at Work

August 1, 2014

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Greg McKeown for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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The Three-Word Problem That Can Destroy Your Life

July 25, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Greg McKeown for LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * We have a problem—and the odd thing is we not only…

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James Surowiecki on “Twilight of the Brands”

July 13, 2014

Here is a brief article that appeared in The New Yorker (February 17, 2014) in which James Surowiecki observes, “For much of the twentieth century, consumer markets were stable. Today, they are tumultuous, and you’re only as good as your…

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Code Halos: A book review by Bob Morris

July 7, 2014

Code Halos: How the Digital Lives of People, Things, and Organizations are Changing the Rules of Business Malcolm Frank, Paul Roehrig, and Ben Pring John Wiley & Sons (2014) How and why halo issues are, in fact, business issues for…

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