Harvard Business Review Press

How to turn visionary thinking into breakthrough results

March 25, 2020

Long ago, Thomas Edison observed, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” I was again reminded of that as I began to read Lead from the Future in which Mark Johnson and Josh Suskewicz share their thoughts about how to turn visionary…

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What’s Your Problem? A book review by Bob Morris

March 18, 2020

What’s Your Problem?: To Solve Your Toughest Problems, Change the Problems You Solve Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg Harvard Business Review Press (March 2020) If you don’t solve the right problem, you’ve only created many more problems. What is the thesis of this…

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HBR Guide to Managing Strategic Initiatives: A book review by Bob Morris

March 13, 2020

HBR Guide to Managing Strategic Initiatives Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (February 2020) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison As you probably know already, most of the volumes in the “HBR Guide to” series are anthologies of articles…

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Sense & Respond: A book review by Bob Morris

March 3, 2020

Sense & Response: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden Harvard Business Review Press (2017) How to engage in a two-way conversation with your market that will drive substantial value To…

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Experimentation Works: A book review by Bob Morris

February 24, 2020

Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments Stefan H. Thomke Harvard Business Review Press (February 2020) How to fully deploy  the scientific method in almost any organization The potential power and value of experimentation in business would not be…

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Amy Jen Su on becoming the leader you want to be: An interview by Bob Morris

February 12, 2020

For almost two decades, Amy Jen Su has worked with CEOs, executives, and rising stars in organizations to sustain and scale their “highest and best” as they lead organizational change and transformation. A seasoned coach for industries such as biotechnology,…

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The seven attributes of an experimentation culture

February 8, 2020

In Experimentation Works, Stefan Thomke examines “the surprising power of business experiments.” Consider this excerpt from  Chapter 4: “To build a true experimentation culture — including the shared behaviors, beliefs, and values for large-scale and broad-scope testing — leaders need…

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Fit to Compete: A book review by Bob Morris

January 24, 2020

Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy Michael Beer Harvard Business Review Press (January 2020) How healthy are your organization’s vital signs? Unless there is effective communication between and among…

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Teaching by Heart: A book review by Bob Morris

January 22, 2020

Teaching by Heart: One Professor’s Journey to Inspire Thomas J. DeLong Harvard Business Review Press (January 2020) Challenging others “to be more accepting, more aware, and more committed to be all they can be” My initial career was in education,…

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Competing in the Age of AI: A book review by Bob Morris

January 20, 2020

Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani Harvard Business Review Press (January 2020) The impact of artificial intelligence on businesses: how they will operate and…

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