Harvard Business Review Press

The Activator Advantage: A Review by Bob Morris

May 28, 2025

The Activator Advantage: What Today’s Rainmakers Do Differently Matthew Dixon, Rory Channer, Karen Fredeman, and Ted McKenna Harvard Business Review Press (May 2025) Here is a new approach to business development that is “altogether unique and undeniably more effective” As…

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The Power of Mattering: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 14, 2025

The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of  Significance Zach Mercurio Harvard Business Review Press (May 2025) “Always assume that people around you feel unseen, undervalued, and lonely — and act accordingly.” According to Zach Mercurio, “If…

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Another Way: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 12, 2025

Another Way: Building Companies That Last…and Last…and Last Dave Whorton with Bo Burlington Harvard Business Review Press (May 2025) A brilliant analysis of “underappreciated and undersupported” values-driven companies In a book written with the invaluable assistance of Bo Burlingham (author…

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The World Is Your Office: A Book Review by Bob Morris

May 8, 2025

The World Is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation Prithwiraj Choudhury Harvard Business Review Press (April 2025) “The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.” W. Edwards Deming Wherever you…

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There’s Nothing Like This: A Book Review by Bob Morris

April 9, 2025

There’s Nothing Like This: The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift Kevin Evers Harvard Business Review Press (April 2025) Here’s a “chronological romp” through Taylor Swift’s incomparable career thus far To what does “this” refer in the title of Kevin Evers’s…

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Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters: A Book Review by Bob Morris

April 4, 2025

Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters: The Science Behind Employee Happiness and Organizational Performance Jean-Emmanuel De Neve and George Ward Harvard Business Review Press (March 2025) “How to establish and then sustain a shared sense of wellbeing in our workplace culture?”  That’s…

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More Human: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 21, 2025

More Human: How the Power of AI Can Transform the Way You Lead Magnus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter with Marissa Afton and Rob Stembridge Harvard Business Review Press (March 2025) How and why, “paradoxically,” AI can make leaders more human…

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Space to Grow: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 2, 2025

Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau Harvard Business Review Press (February 2025) How space’s many elements fit together into a whole greater than the sum of its parts According to Matthew Weinzierl and…

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

February 17, 2025

HBR Guide to Generative AI for Managers Elisa Farri and Gabriele Rosani Harvard Business Review Press (February 2025) How to leverage gen AI in order to save time, innovate faster, and lead more effectively  According to Harvard Information Technology, “Generative…

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Mindmasters: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 14, 2025

  Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior Sandra Matz Harvard Business Review Press (January 2025) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.”  Henry Ford How does Sandra Matz organize the information,…

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