Howard Gardner

Mindset: A book review by Bob Morrtis

October 7, 2012

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Carol S. Dweck Ballantine Books (2008) How to achieve sustainable growth of intellectual capabilities with the right mindset   I read this book when it was first published (2006) and recently re-read it before reading Daniel Siegel’s Mindsight: The…

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Lead with a Story: A book review by Bob Morris

September 16, 2012

Lead with a Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire Paul Smith AMACOM (2012) “Experience is the best teacher. A compelling story is a close second.”   This book is among the best that discuss one or more…

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The Power of Storytelling: 10 Authoritative Perspectives

September 12, 2012

My guess (only a guess) is that whenever a list of the greatest storytellers throughout history is compiled, Charles Dickens would be among those included.  The creative talents of other novelists (notably Balzac and Dostoevsky) are probably ranked higher but I think Dickens’ skills with setting a…

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Empathetic Marketing: A book review by Bob Morris

June 2, 2012

Empathetic Marketing: How to Satisfy the 6 Core Emotional Needs of Your Customers  Mark Ingwer Palgrave Macmillan (2012) How and why emotions and resulting behaviors are the foundation for satisfying complex psychological needs  I was curious to know when someone would combine insights from several quite different concepts…

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Five Minds for the Future: A book review by Bob Morris

May 29, 2012

Five Minds for the Future Howard Gardner Harvard Business School Press (2009) On nurturing “potentials that are distinctly human” I have read and reviewed all of Howard Gardner’s previous books and consider this, his latest, to be the most valuable thus far.…

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Changing Minds: A book review by Bob Morris

March 13, 2012

Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People’s Minds Howard Gardner Harvard Business Review Press (Paperbound Edition, 2006) Note: I re-read this book curious to know to what extent — if any — Gardner’s insights…

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50 Psychology Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

July 30, 2011

50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do; Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey Publishing (2006) An excellent guide to sources that can help us to “make a real difference” in…

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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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Executive Intelligence: A book review by Bob Morris

May 3, 2011

Executive Intelligence: What All Great Leaders Have Justin Menkes HarperBusiness (2005) A rigorous and eloquent examination of “the single biggest driver of executive performance” There are significant differences between information and knowledge. The former consists of raw data; the latter…

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