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Michael J. Mauboussin: An interview by Bob Morris, Part 1

December 7, 2012

Michael J. Mauboussin is Chief LMCM. In 2004, Michael was Chief U.S. Investment Strategist at Credit Suisse. Michael joined CS in 1992 as a packaged food industry analyst, and was repeatedly named to Institutional Investor‘s All-America Research Team and The Wall Street…

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Harder Than I Thought: A book review by Bob Morris

December 4, 2012

Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader  Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why “the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present” in today’s business world Most of the…

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William N. Thorndike, Jr.: An interview by Bob Morris

December 3, 2012

William N. Thorndike, Jr. founded Housatonic Partners in Boston in 1994 and has been Managing Director since that time.  Prior to that, he worked with T. Rowe Price Associates where he did investment research in the nascent field of business services and Walker & Company where…

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Harder Than I Thought: A book review by Bob Morris

November 29, 2012

Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why “the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present” in…

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Managing Global Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

November 24, 2012

Managing Global Innovation: Frameworks for Integrating Capabilities Around the World Yves Doz and Keeley Wilson Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How to conceive, build, and hone a global innovation capability “that is enduring, practical, and rooted in realities” The title…

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Dorie Clark on “How Nate Silver Won the 2012 Presidential Election”

November 15, 2012

As President Obama and Mitt Romney can tell you, it’s getting harder every day to win public attention — thus, the billions they spent on this year’s presidential campaign. Overall, the election of 2012 has shown that we’re at a…

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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations: A book review by Bob Morris

November 10, 2012

HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations Nancy Duarte Harvard Business Review Press (2012) “Golden Rule: Never deliver a presentation you wouldn’t want to sit through.” Motto at Duarte, Inc. This is one of the first volumes in a new series of…

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The Success Equation: A book review by Bob Morris

November 9, 2012

The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing Michael Mauboussin Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to “untangle” skill and luck to improve at “the art of good guesswork” when making decisions I have…

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Michael J. Mauboussin on “The True Measures of Success”

November 6, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Michael J. Mauboussin for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *   …

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