Harvard Business Review Press

You Can’t Market Manure at Lunchtime: A Book Review by Bob Morris

April 15, 2024

You Can’t Market Manure at Lunchtime: And Other Lessons from the Food Industry for Creating a More Sustainable Company Maisie Ganzler Harvard Business Review Press (April 2024) How to use sustainabiliy as a business driver and a market differentiator According…

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Beyond Disruption: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 28, 2024

Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs W. Chan Kim and Renée A. Mauborgne Harvard Business Review Press (May 2023) The Unique Power and Substantial Benefits of Nondisruptive Creation In their latest book, W. Chan…

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Higher Ground: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 20, 2024

Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World Alison Taylor Harvard Business Review Press (February 2024) How and why a total commitment to conducting ethical business is essential to sustaining profitable results The business world…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 12, 2024

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2020) “Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems.”  Tim Brown This book is one of the more recent volumes in…

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Never Not Working: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 8, 2024

Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business — and How to Fix It Malissa Clark Harvard Business Review Press (February 2024) How and why overworking usually results in underperforming   Why did Malissa Clark write this…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance

January 26, 2024

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance Various Contributors and HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (May 2022) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle’s insight refers to organizations as well…

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The Year in Tech 2024: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 5, 2024

The Year in Tech 2024: Thoughts You Need from Harvard Business Review Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (January 2024) How and why integrative technologies will determine performance results, for better or worse.   As I…

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The Heart of Business: A Book Review by Bob Morris

November 5, 2023

The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism Hubert Joly Harvard Business Review Press (May 2021) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt In 1970, Milton Friedman…

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The Upside of Uncertainty: A Book Review by Bob Morris

November 4, 2023

The Upside of Uncertainty: A Guide for Finding Possibility in the Unknown Nathan Furr and Susannah Harmon Furr Harvard Business Review Press (July 2022) “The single biggest predictor of executive success is how you deal with uncertainty.” Sam Yagan Nathan…

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Know What Matters: A Book Review by Bob Morris

November 2, 2023

Know What Matters: Lessons from a Lifetime of Transformation Ron Shaich Harvard Business Review Press (October 2023) “If everything matters, nothing matters.” Harris Johnson I again remembered my Uncle Harry’s observation as I began to read this book. He realized…

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