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Good Presentations Need to Make People Uncomfortable

October 3, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Josh Bersin 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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George E.L. Barbee: Part 2 0f an interview by Bob Morris

February 12, 2016

George E. L. Barbee is one of the original Batten Fellow faculty members (along with Jim Collins, Malcolm Gladwell and Jim Gilmore) at top-ranked University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and has been teaching innovation for the past 15…

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George E.L. Barbee: Part 2 0f an interview by Bob Morris

February 6, 2016

George E. L. Barbee is one of the original Batten Fellow faculty members (along with Jim Collins, Malcolm Gladwell and Jim Gilmore) at top-ranked University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and has been teaching innovation for the past 15…

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George E.L. Barbee: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

January 27, 2016

George E. L. Barbee is one of the original Batten Fellow faculty members (along with Jim Collins, Malcolm Gladwell and Jim Gilmore) at top-ranked University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and has been teaching innovation for the past 15…

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What the Most Successful People Alive Share in Common

December 19, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Gillian Zoe Segal, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * For my new…

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Unbundling the corporation

August 1, 2015

Occasionally, I provide an excerpt from a classic article, in this instance one co-authored by John Hagel III and Marc Singer for the McKinsey Quarterly (in 2000), published by McKinsey & Company. They explain how and why the forces that…

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Transformative HR: A book review by Bob Morris

July 7, 2015

Transformative HR: How Great Companies Use Evidence-Based Change for Sustainable Advantage John W. Boudreau and Ravin Jesuthasan Joszsey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) How and why the principles underlying evidence-based change bring clarity and validity to decisions about human capital In my…

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Twilight of the gurus

May 4, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from the Schumpeter column featured in The Economist. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration credit: Brett Ryder * * * The management-pundit industry is a…

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The four global forces breaking all the trends

May 2, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Jonathan Woetzel for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. It is an excerpt from their book, No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces…

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Confronting Capitalism: A book review by Bob Morris

April 3, 2015

Confronting Capitalism: Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System Philip Kotler AMACOM (2015) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Derek Bok In my opinion, Phil Kotler is the world’s preeminent authority on how to create or increase demand…

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