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101 Design Methods: A book review by Bob Morris

January 16, 2013

101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization Vijay Kumar John Wiley & Sons (2013) “If innovation is so important, why aren’t more organizations better at it? Why are innovation failure rates so high?” Vijay Kumar…

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Train Your Brain For Success: A book review by Bob Morris

January 15, 2013

Train Your Brain For Success: Read Smarter, Remember More, and Break Your Own Records Roger Seip John Wiley & Sons (2012) How to increase personal growth and professional development with accelerated learning to achieve “record-breaking” results” Roger Seip is not…

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Win with Advanced Business Analytics: A book review by Bob Morris

January 6, 2013

Win with Advanced Business Analytics: Creating Business Value from Your Data Jean-Paul Isson and Jesse Harriott John Wiley & Sons (2012) How to leverage business analytics to create value for everyone involved in the given enterprise Most of what I…

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Colin Price on “Leadership and the art of plate spinning”

November 30, 2012

In this article featured in The McKinsey Quarterly published by McKinsey & Company, Colin Price explains why senior executives will better balance people and priorities by embracing the paradoxes of organizational life. Here is a brief excerpt from it. To…

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The Clash of the Cultures: A book review by Bob Morris

November 4, 2012

The Clash of the Cultures: Investment vs. Speculation John C. Bogle John Wiley & Sons (2012) How a culture of short-term speculation now dominates a traditional culture of long-term investment…and why that must end The “clash” to which the title…

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The Value Investors: A book review by Bob Morris

September 3, 2012

The Value Investors: Lessons from the World’s Top Fund Managers Ronald W. Chan John Wiley & Sons, Singapore Pte. Ltd. (2012) Unique perspectives on how to attempt to achieve and then sustain a “stellar” record in value investment In an…

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Business Analytics for Managers: A book review by Bob Morris

August 15, 2012

Business Analytics for Managers: Taking Business Intelligence Beyond Reporting Gert H.N. Laursen and Jesper Thorlund John Wiley & Sons (2010) How and why making decisions based on “huge, noisy, messy data” requires business analytics Although business analytics can probably be traced back at least to Frederick Winslow Taylor’s…

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The Value of Business Analytics: A book review by Bob Morris

August 7, 2012

The Value of Business Analytics: Identifying the Path to Profitability Evan Stubbs John Wiley & Sons (2011) How and why the success of selling the value of analytics depends on four key activities Although business analytics can probably be traced back at least to Frederick Winslow…

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Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook: A book review by Bob Morris

July 10, 2012

Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook:  Helping Companies Realize the Full Value of Acquisitions Scott C. Whitaker John Wiley & Sons (2012) How to combine, consolidate, and integrate resources effectively Most mergers and acquisitions either fail or fall far short of…

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J. Keith Murnighan: An interview by Bob Morris

July 6, 2012

J. Keith Murnighan earned his  Ph.D. from Purdue University and is currently the Harold H. Hines Jr. Distinguished Professor of Risk Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He also teaches in Kellogg’s Executive MBA programs around the world, including Hong Kong, Germany,…

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