James O’Toole

The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2011

The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management: Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Century Stephen Denning Jossey-Bass (2010) How and why radical management can clarify and magnify human capacity Stephen Denning asserts, “the problems of today’s workplace are not the personal fault…

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Open Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2011

Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology Henry Chesbrough Harvard Business Press (2003) A “new vision” of the innovation process In preparation for my second interview of Henry Chesbrough, I recently re-read his Open Business Models…

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

June 18, 2011

The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor Harvard Business Press (2003) Note: I read and then reviewed this “business classic” when it was first published and recently re-read it. I am even…

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The Essential Bennis: A book review by Bob Morris

May 23, 2011

The Essential Bennis Warren Bennis with Patricia Ward Biederman Jossey-Bass (2009) The pre-eminent leader of leadership studies I have read and reviewed all of Warren Bennis’ books and read most of his articles. Therefore, I was especially eager to examine…

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The Future of Management: A book review by Bob Morris

May 14, 2011

The Future of Management Gary Hamel with Bill Breen Harvard Business School Press (2007) With all due respect to today’s business bestsellers, most of the best books have already been written on the most important subjects. Case in point: This…

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One Page Talent Management: A book review by Bob Morris

April 24, 2011

One Page Talent Management: Eliminating Complexity, Adding Value Marc Effron and Miriam Ort Harvard Business Press (2010) A comprehensive analysis of “the most powerful, repeatable processes that create successful talent” The claim by Marc Effron and Miriam Ort that they…

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John Medina: An interview by Bob Morris

March 7, 2011

John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist focused on the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders. He has spent most of his professional life as a private research consultant, working primarily in the biotechnology…

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Readings for leadership development

December 11, 2010

  Each month, I receive dozens of inquiries from those who request recommended readings for leadership development. I now offer these: The Right Values The Executive’s Compass by James O’Toole The Highest Goal by Michael Ray The Heart Aroused by…

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