Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma: A book review by Bob Morris

February 24, 2014

Strength-Based Lean Six Sigma: Building Positive and Engaging Business Improvement David Shaked KoganPage (2014) How and why one approach to Lean Six Sigma “is more natural to work with and more sustainable in the long run” Where to begin? David…

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Do More Great Work: A book review by Bob Morris

January 24, 2014

Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters. Michael Bungay Stanier Workman Publishing (2010) All in one volume: A workbook, operations manual, supercharger, compass, mirror…and built-in/shock-proof crap detector I read this book when it was first…

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The Well Played Game: A book review by Bob Morris

January 10, 2014

The Well-Played Game: A Player’s Philosophy Bernard De Koven The MIT Press (2013) How and why well-played games become a well-played life, full of joy shared with others As I read and then re-read this new edition of The Well-Played…

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The Myths of Creativity: A book review by Bob Morris

November 13, 2013

As I worked my way through Burkus’ lively and eloquent narrative, I was also keenly interested in his discussion Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s insights relevant to incubation in Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (1997): “Once the incubation stage…

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 10/14/13)

October 20, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Lessons from the Sandbox: Rediscovering the Keys to Business Success Alan Gregerman Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer:…

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Creative Intelligence: A book review by Bob Morris

April 27, 2013

Creative Intelligence: Harnessing the Power to Create, Connect, and Inspire Bruce Nussbaum HarperBusiness (2013) How we can “increase our creative ability by learning from others, collaborating, sharing.” I selected one of Bruce Nussbaum’s observations to serve as the title of…

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Daniel Goleman on “How to Find Your Flow”

January 27, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Daniel Goleman and featured by LinkedIn. *      *       * Where we want to be on the Yerkes-Dodson arc is the zone of optimal performance, known as “flow” in the research…

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The Compound Effect: A book review by Bob Morris

October 17, 2012

The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, and Your Career Darren Hardy Vanguard Press? /A member of the Perseus Group (2010) “The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.” Albert Einstein I selected the Einstein quotation to…

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How to Get Into the Zone

June 22, 2012

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. *     *     * Everyone aspires to get into “the zone,” or the mental state where…

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Todd Henry: An interview by Bob Morris

April 25, 2012

Todd Henry is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams generate brilliant ideas.  He regularly speaks and consults with companies, both large and small, about how to develop practices and systems that lead…

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