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Leaders everywhere: A conversation with Gary Hamel

May 23, 2013

The management writer and academic explains why he believes companies that empower and train people at all levels to lead can create competitive advantage. The latest M-Prize challenge, cosponsored by Gary Hamel’s Management Innovation eXchange (MIX), Harvard Business Review, and…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 5/13/13)

May 19, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Lean Practitioner’s Handbook Mark Eaton HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing HBR Editors and various contributors Weaving the Web:…

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Charting technology’s new directions: A conversation with MIT’s Erik Brynjolfsson

May 17, 2013

Erik Brynjolfsson is a leading expert on the new relationship between man and machine and the challenges that emerge when innovation is decoupled from growth in jobs and incomes. He discusses that relationship during this conversation with McKinsey Publishing’s Rik…

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Several expert perspectives on data analytics

May 15, 2013

I know of no other business subject that receives more attention now than data analytics does. (Innovation may be a close second.) McKinsey & Company has produced several videos featuring the firm’s experts on several different dimensions of data analytics.…

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McKinsey & Company: Leading in the 21st century

April 25, 2013

In the statement that follows, Dominic Barton, Global managing director, McKinsey & Company, introduces one of the most valuable issues of The McKinsey Quarterly published thus far. To read the issue and check out other resources, please click here. *…

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Givers take all: The hidden dimension of corporate culture

April 19, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Adam Grant for The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. In it, Grant explains how and why, by encouraging employees to both seek and provide help, rewarding givers, and…

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Chip Heath and Olivier Sibony on “Making great decisions”

April 15, 2013

Here is an excerpt from the transcript of a conversation featured by The McKinsey Quarterly during which Stanford’s Chip Heath and McKinsey’s Olivier Sibony discuss new research, fresh frameworks, and practical tools for decision makers. To read the complete transcript,…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 4/8/13)

April 14, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet Ramez Naam World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business as…

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Five routes to more innovative problem solving

April 5, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Olivier Leclerc and Mihnea Moldoveanu explain how and why tricky problems must be shaped before they can be solved. To…

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