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Chris Anderson on “Why ideas matter…now more than ever”

December 8, 2016

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Chris Anderson, featured by Ideas.TED.com. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * It might seem like our interconnected world is unraveling, if last week’s Brexit vote is…

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Chris Anderson on “TED’s secret to great public speaking”

November 30, 2016

There’s no single formula for a great talk, but there is a secret ingredient that all the best ones have in common. TED Curator Chris Anderson shares this secret — along with four ways to make it work for you.…

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Abraham Lincoln: “A Technology Geek”

November 23, 2016

In Lincoln on Leadership for Today: Abraham Lincoln’s Approach to Twenty-First-Century Issues, to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (February 2017), Donald Phillips observes: “Abraham Lincoln was a technology geek. He was fascinated with all kinds of new gadgets and…

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James Stone on “Five Easy Theses”: An interview by Bob Morris

October 13, 2016

Jim Stone is the founder, Chairman and CEO of the Plymouth Rock group of companies. Jim began his career by teaching as a Lecturer in Economics at Harvard, after earning a BA (with highest honor), MA, and Ph.D. in economics…

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Five Easy Theses: A book review by Bob Morris

August 22, 2016

Five Easy Theses: Commonsense Solutions to America’s Greatest Economic Challenges James M. Stone Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2016) Alas, many of those in power with the greatest need to read this book are least likely to do so. It will come…

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TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking: A book review by Bob Morris

May 16, 2016

TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking Chris Anderson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (May 2016) How to take “something you really care about and rebuild it inside the minds” of those with whom you share it I cannot think…

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Under New Management: A book review by Bob Morris

March 25, 2016

Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual David Burkus Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (March 2016) “Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their jobs done.” Peter Drucker When concluding…

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David Burkus on “Under New Management”: An interview by Bob Morris

March 24, 2016

David Burkus is a best-selling author, an award-winning podcaster, and management professor. In 2015, he was named one of the emerging thought leaders most likely to shape the future of business by Thinkers50, the world’s premier ranking of management thinkers.…

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INVENTology: A book review by Bob Morris

February 14, 2016

INVENTology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World Pagan Kennedy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (February 2016) Mother Nature: The ultimate mentor for both invention and innovation The last time I checked, Amazon US was offering 31,976 books for sale…

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What are the major differences between innovation and invention?

January 21, 2016

In recently published INVENTology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, January 2015), Pagan Kennedy offers working definitions of invention and innovation by Art Fry — the originator of the Post-it Note — who developed…

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