Harvard Business Review Press

Epic Disruptions: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 12, 2025

Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World Scott D. Anthony Harvard Business Review Press (September 2025) How disruptive innovation can create tomorrow’s great companies while causing today’s great companies to fail According to Scott Anthony, “Disruption is an…

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Managing Overthinking (HBR Emotional Inteligence Series): A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 8, 2025

Managing Overthinking (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) Various Contributors & HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (March 2025) Do people tend to over-manage or under-manage their thinking? The answer is “Yes.” This is another volume in one of the several series…

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HBR Guide to Generative AI for Managers: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 3, 2025

HBR Guide to Generative AI for Managers Elisa Farri and Gabriele Rosani Harvard Business Review Press (February 2025) How well-prepared is your organization to compete in a “humanAIzed” fiuture? This is another volume in one of the several series of…

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Playing to Win

October 3, 2025

Playing to Win:How Strategy Really Works, Expanded Edition A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin Harvard Business Review Press (September 2025) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter This is an expanded edition of what has…

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Fusion Strategy: A Book Review by Bob Morris

August 13, 2025

Fusion Strategy: How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future Vijay Govindarajan and Venkat Venkatraman Harvard Business Review Press (March 2024) How and why digitizing the industrial world really matters At the outset of this brilliant book, Vijay…

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The Emotionally Intelligent Team: A Book Review by Bob Morris

July 24, 2025

The Emotionally Intelligent Team: Building Collaborative Groups That Outperform the Rest Vanessa Urch Druskat Harvard Business Review Press (July 2025) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African  Proverb In the…

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G.O.A.T. Wisdom: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 26, 2025

G.O.A.T. Wisdom: How to Build a Truly Great Business Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell Harvard Business Review Press (July 2025) Here’s the “secret sauce” for a delicious feast of business success In the Preface, Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell observe,…

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AI First: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 25, 2025

AI First: The Playbook for a Future-Proof Business and Brand Adam Botman and Andy Sack Harvard Business Review Press (June 2025) How can almost any organization and any brand survive the AI “tidal wave”?  That is one of the questions…

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The Growth Dilemma: A Book Review by Bob Morris

June 14, 2025

The Growth Dilemma: Managing Your Brand When Different Customers Want Different Things Annie Wilson and Ryan Hamilton Harvard Business Review Press (June 2025) How to navigate the perilous waters of growth through the acquisition of new customers To what does…

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Rebooting Tech Culture: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 31, 2025

Rebooting Tech Culture; How to Ignite Innovation and Build Organizations Where Everyone Can Thrive Telle Whitney Harvard Business Review Press (May 2025) Employees rank “feeling appreciated” of greatest importance to them. I wholly agree with Telle Whitney about the importance…

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