Harvard Business Review Press

Collective Genius: A book review by Bob Morris

November 7, 2022

Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Valuable perspectives on the role of the leader in creating and then sustaining a culture within which…

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Rise of the Rest: A book review by Bob Morris

October 20, 2022

Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places Are Building the New American Dream Steve Case Avid Reader Press/An Imprint of Simon & Schuster (September 2022) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison To what does the title of…

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The Upside of Uncertainty: A book review by Bob Morris

July 21, 2022

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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HBR at 100: A book review by Bob Morris

July 7, 2022

HBR at 100: The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review’s First Century Various Contributors in collaboration with HBR Editor in Chief, Adi Ignatius Harvard Business Review Press (June 2022) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”…

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Stage (Not Age): A book review by Bob Morris

June 13, 2022

Stage (Not Age): How to Understand and Serve People Over 60–the Fastest Growing, Most Dynamic Market in the World Susan Wilner Golden Harvard Business Review Press (June 2022) How to take full advantage of a “$22 trillion opportunity” According to…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads On High Performance: A book review by Bob Morris

June 7, 2022

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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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture

May 31, 2022

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (November 2019) Begin at the end: First determine WHAT and WHY, then WHO and HOW. After centuries of war between…

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Bad Leadership: A book review by Bob Morris

May 28, 2022

Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, and Why It Matters Barbara Kellerman Harvard Business Review Press (2004) Webs of leadership are among the webs of significance in the given enterprise, for better or worse As Barbara Kellerman defines…

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HBR Guide to Leading Teams

May 24, 2022

HBR Guide to Leading Teams Mary Shapiro Harvard Business Review Press (2015) “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams Note: The material in this volume…

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Creative Conflict: A book review by Bob Morris

May 17, 2022

Creative Conflict: A Practical Guide for Business Negotiators Bill Sanders and Frank Mobus Harvard Business Review Press (June 2021) A brilliant explanation of “how negotiating is driven by both competition and cooperation, often at the same time.” A few books…

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