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Concrete Economics: A book review by Bob Morris

April 13, 2016

Concrete Economics: The Hamilton Approach to Economic Growth and Policy Stephen Cohen and J. Bradford DeLong Harvard Business Review Press (March 2016) How and why getting economic policy right “is and has been of overwhelming importance in generating prosperity” Opinions…

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Fending Off a Colleague Who Keeps Wasting Your Time

April 6, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Dorie Clark for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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An Everyone Culture: A book review by Bob Morris

March 29, 2016

An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization Robert Keegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey Harvard Business Review Press (March 2016) How to establish a workplace culture within which personal growth and professional development are most likely to thrive Recent research…

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Jon Younger and Norm Smallwood on “Agile Talent”: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

March 27, 2016

Jon Younger is founding partner of the Agile Talent Collaborative (and partner emeritus at the RBL Group where he established the firm’s HR transformation practice. He is well known and respected for his consulting in HR transformation, talent management, and…

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Jon Younger and Norm Smallwood on “Agile Talent”: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

March 25, 2016

Jon Younger is founding partner of the Agile Talent Collaborative (and partner emeritus at the RBL Group where he established the firm’s HR transformation practice. He is well known and respected for his consulting in HR transformation, talent management, and…

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The Balanced Scorecard: Snapshot of a Business “Classic”

March 22, 2016

Opinions vary as to what defines a “classic” business book. My own opinion is that it offers insights and counsel that are of timeless value. To paraphrase Bernard of Chartres, a 12th century monk, their authors are the shoulders upon…

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The Clayton M. Christensen Reader: A book review by Bob Morris

March 13, 2016

The Clayton M. Christensen Reader Clayton M. Christensen and Various Co-Authors Harvard Business Review Press (2016) If you think disruption is a problem, try stagnation. The Harvard Business Review Press continues to publish anthologies of HBR articles that Amazon US…

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The Knowing-Doing Gap: Snapshot of a Business “Classic”

March 11, 2016

Opinions vary as to what defines a “classic” business book. My own opinion is that it offers insights and counsel that are of timeless value. To paraphrase Bernard of Chartres, a 12th century monk, their authors are the shoulders upon…

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Remix Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

February 20, 2016

Remix Strategy: The Three Laws of Business Combinations Benjamin Gomes-Casseres Harvard Business Review Press (2015) How to create organizational value with a strategy that maximizes the impact of both internal and external resource As Benjamin Gomes-Casseres observes in the first…

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Agile Talent: A book review by Bob Morris

February 5, 2016

Agile Talent: How to Source and Manage Outside Experts Jon Younger and Norm Smallwood Harvard Business Review Press (2016) How all manner of companies gain competitive advantage with new and better ways of managing talent All organizations need effective leadership…

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