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Cal Newport on the power of decluttering

February 15, 2019

In Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Mostly Noisy World,  Cal Newport explains how and why the impact of technological tools on most people’s personal lives “is complicated by the fact that these tools mix harm with benefits.…

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What it takes to become a trillion-dollar company

August 10, 2017

In The Four, published by Portfolio/Penguin Random House (October 2017), Scott Galloway examines “four technology giants [that] have inspired more joy, connections, prosperity, and discovery than any [other] entity in history. Along the way, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google have…

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The Four Lenses of Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

July 8, 2017

The Four Lenses of Innovation: A Power Tool for Creative Thinking Rowan Gibson John Wiley & Sons (2o15) How to establish a culture within which everyone’s abilities are free to enrich high-impact innovation throughout the enterprise First of all, I…

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The Four Lenses of Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

May 29, 2017

The Four Lenses of Innovation: A Power Tool for Creative Thinking Rowan Gibson John Wiley & Sons (2o15) How to establish a culture within which everyone’s abilities are free to enrich high-impact innovation throughout the enterprise First of all, I…

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Winners: A book review by Bob Morris

February 21, 2017

Winners: And How They Succeed Alastair Campbell Pegasus Books Ltd (2015) What we can learn from winners’ mindsets as well as from their modus operandi Alistair Campbell carefully organized and then presents his material within four Parts. To his substantial…

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Put Your Intuition to Work: A book review by Bob Morris

July 12, 2016

Put Your Intuition to Work: How to Supercharge Your Inner Wisdom to Think Fast and Make Great Decisions Lynn A. Robinson Career Press (July 2016) “Intuition is the key to everything, in painting, film making, and business – everything.” David…

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The Top 50 Management Thinkers (2015)

February 5, 2016

Here is an excerpt from an article by Jeff Schmitt for Poets & Quants. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for a free newsletter, please click here. * * * It wasn’t the “Thrilla in…

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Persuadable: A book review by Bob Morris

February 2, 2016

Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World Al Pittampalli HarperBusiness/Imprint of Haroer Collins (January 2016) Why leaders should demand to know whatever they need to know, especially if it is not what they think Those who…

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Persuadable: A book review by Bob Morris

January 28, 2016

Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World Al Pittampalli HarperBusiness/Imprint of Harper Collins (January 2016) Why leaders should demand to know whatever they need to know, especially if it is not what they think they know…but…

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Mini-Profiles of Four Great “Persuadables”

January 26, 2016

Those who are persuadable have a mindset that is both willing and able – indeed eager — to consider diverse perspectives, especially those that challenge their cherished assumptions and premises. The healthiest organizations are those in which principled dissent is…

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