Jim Collins

Kristi Hedges: An Interview by Bob Morris

June 25, 2023

Kristi Hedges is a leadership coach, speaker and author. In her 20-year career working with leaders to help them communicate more effectively she’s encountered every personality type imaginable, yet remains more than a little passionate that anyone can learn presence. Her…

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Building Your Company’s Vision

June 1, 2022

Here is an excerpt from another classic article written by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras 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…

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Best New Resolution? A “Stop Doing” List

May 15, 2022

The following article by Jim Collins was published by USA Today more than twenty years ago and offers insights of even greater value now than they were then. * * * Each time the New Year rolls around and I…

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One of the Greatest Business Decisions: How Intel got consumers to love its chips (1991)

February 20, 2022

The material that follows is adapted from The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time: Apple, Ford, IBM, Zappos, and others made radical choices that changed the course of business, by Verne Harnish, CEO of Gazelles, and the editors of Fortune,…

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HBR’S 10 Must Reads on Change Management Vol. 2: A book review by Bob Morris

December 8, 2021

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Change Management, Vol.2 Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (2021) “If that’s way you’ve always done it, it’s probably wrong.” Charles Kettering This volume is one of several in a…

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Outgrowing Capitalism: A book review by Bob Morris

December 3, 2021

Outgrowing Capitalism: Rethinking Money to Reshape Society and Pursue Purpose Marco Dondi Fast Company Press (October 2021) How and why monetism is “a practical recipe for harvesting the moneytree” Marco Dondi poses two separate but related questions in the Introduction…

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Flywheels: A book review by Bob Morris

November 18, 2021

Flywheels: How Cities Are Creating Their Own Futures Tom Alberg Columbia Business School Publishing (November 2021) How to build flywheels that promote economic development and solve urban social problems in all cities Jim Collins introduced his concept of “The Flywheel…

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The Flywheel Effect

November 4, 2021

Jim Collins introduced his concept of “The Flywheel Effect” in his book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t (2001). No matter how dramatic the end result, good-to-great transformations never happen in one fell swoop. In…

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Useful Delusions: A book review by Bob Morris

July 15, 2021

Useful Delusions: The Power & Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain Shankar Vedantam & Bill Mesler W.W. Norton & Company (March 2021) When context determines appropriateness As I began to read the first three chapters of this book, I was again…

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The Imagination Machine: A book review by Bob Morris

June 19, 2021

The Imagination Machine: How to Spark New Ideas and Create Your Company’s Future Martin Reeves and Jack Fuller Harvard Business Review Press (June 2021) How to harness imagination systemically within the workplace to drive your company’s growth According to Martin…

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