Brilliant Mistakes

Joey Reiman: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

January 4, 2013

Joey Reiman is CEO and founder of BrightHouse. Over the past 25 years, Joey has worked with leadership at The Coca-Cola Company, Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s and Newell Rubbermaid, and has emerged as one of the nation’s foremost visionaries and…

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Marty Neumeier: The Second Interview (Part 1) by Bob Morris

January 3, 2013

Marty Neumeier is a designer, writer, and business adviser whose mission is to bring the principles and processes of creativity to industry. His latest book, Metaskills, explores the five essential talents that will drive innovation in the 21st century. His…

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John A. Daly: An interview by Bob Morris

December 25, 2012

John Daly is the Liddell Professor of Communication and TCB Professor of Management at The University of Texas at Austin. While at the university, he has won every major award given on campus for undergraduate teaching. Daly has been the…

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David Horsager: An interview by Bob Morris

December 21, 2012

Dave Horsager is an author, business strategist, and keynote speaker. Through his book, The Trust Edge: How Top Leaders Gain Faster Results, Deeper Relationships, and a Stronger Bottom Line, and programs he shares the secrets of using trust to impact the…

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Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind: An interview by Bob Morris

December 19, 2012

Boris Groysberg is a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard Business School. Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school’s MBA and Executive Education programs. He has won numerous awards…

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Toby Lester: An interview by Bob Morris

December 16, 2012

Toby Lester is a journalist, an editor, and an independent scholar. In addition to writing books, he is a longtime contributor to The Atlantic, for whom he has written extensively, on such topics as the reconstruction of ancient Greek music,…

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Paul Smith: An interview by Bob Morris

December 12, 2012

Paul Smith is a keynote speaker, corporate trainer, and author of Lead with a Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives that Captivate, Convince, and Inspire (AMACOM August, 2012). Whether it’s the CEO’s speech to the board of directors, or…

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Yves Doz and Keeley Wilson: An interview by Bob Morris

December 8, 2012

Yves Doz, Professor of Strategic Management and Solvay Chaired Professor of Technological Innovation, INSEAD. Professor Doz started working on innovation and multinationals during his doctoral studies at the Harvard Business School, in the 1970s. Together with C.K. Prahalad, a close…

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Michael J. Mauboussin: An interview by Bob Morris, Part 1

December 7, 2012

Michael J. Mauboussin is Chief LMCM. In 2004, Michael was Chief U.S. Investment Strategist at Credit Suisse. Michael joined CS in 1992 as a packaged food industry analyst, and was repeatedly named to Institutional Investor‘s All-America Research Team and The Wall Street…

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William N. Thorndike, Jr.: An interview by Bob Morris

December 3, 2012

William N. Thorndike, Jr. founded Housatonic Partners in Boston in 1994 and has been Managing Director since that time.  Prior to that, he worked with T. Rowe Price Associates where he did investment research in the nascent field of business services and Walker & Company where…

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