Harvard Business Review Press

The Innovator’s DNA: A book review by Bob Morris

July 25, 2011

The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why disruptive innovators maximize creative impact As is true of others who have written business…

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Harvard Business Review on Thriving in Emerging Markets: A book review by Bob Morris

July 18, 2011

HBR on Thriving in Emerging Markets Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.” Steven Wright This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies…

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3 Tips for Leading People Older Than You

June 28, 2011

  Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. Seniority no longer reigns in today’s organizations. In fact, it’s not uncommon…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People: A book review by Bob Morris

June 23, 2011

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) Why and how to manage yourself so that you can then manage others effectively This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies…

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The Experience Economy: A book review by Bob Morris

June 6, 2011

The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage B. Joseph Pine and James H. Gilmore Harvard Business Review Press (1999) Note: I read this book when it was first published and recently re-read it, curious to know…

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Flying Without a Net: A book review by Bob Morris

June 2, 2011

Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success Thomas J. DeLong Harvard Business Review Press (2011) A new model for anxiety management by “high-need-for-achievement professionals” In the Preface, Thomas J. DeLong observes, “The old model for…

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“How to break your heart every time” by falling victim to social relativity

May 26, 2011

I have just read and will soon review Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success, written by Thomas J. DeLong and published by Harvard Business Review Press (June 14, 2011). DeLong examines comparing or what…

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Better Under Pressure: A book review by Bob Morris

May 22, 2011

Better Under Pressure: How Great Leaders Bring Out the Best in Themselves and Others Justin Menkes Harvard Business Review Press (2011) Those who have read Justin Menkes’s previous book, Executive Intelligence, probably agree with me that it sets an exceptionally…

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Fixing the Game: A book review by Bob Morris

May 7, 2011

Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL Roger L. Martin Harvard Business Review Press (2011) Why and how the core of business and capitalism must be restored Many years ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes is…

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The Acceleration Trap

May 6, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Heike Bruch and Jochen I. Menges 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…

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