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The Genius of Richard Florida: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

April 27, 2022

Richard Florida is author of the global best-sellers, The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your City? A more recent book,The Great Reset, explains how new ways of living and working will drive post-crash prosperity. Other works include The Flight of the Creative…

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Leonard J. Marcus and Eric J. McNulty on how to lead when it matters most: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

August 14, 2019

Leonard Marcus is a trailblazer in leadership studies and teaching. Shortly after 9/11, the federal government asked him and the Kennedy School’s David Gergen to establish the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI) at Harvard University. The purpose: to study critical…

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Sundar Pichai of Google: “Technology Doesn’t Solve Humanity’s Problems”

November 29, 2018

Growing up in India, Sundar Pichai slept on the floor of a house without a refrigerator. Today, the chief executive is steering Google through the most turbulent period in its history. Here is another in a series of Corner Office interviews…

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Great Business Teams at Sun Microsystems, Ford, Google, and Disney

October 14, 2018

four great business teams that Jeff Palfini discusses in an article for MoneyWatch. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * Great teams are more than just a gathering of smart people. In each of…

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My Adventures in Marketing: A book review by Bob Morris

August 15, 2017

My Adventures in Marketing: The Autobiography of Philip Kotler Idea Bite Press (May 2017) To life! If the essential function of marketing is to create or increase demand, then the essential function of demarketing is to reduce or redirect (if…

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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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There Is No “Invisible Hand”

April 13, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jonathan Schlefer 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 receive HBR email alerts,…

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Different Types of Breakthrough Thinking

March 8, 2017

In The Net and the Butterfly, Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack explain “the art and practice of breakthrough thinking.” They observe, “For many, breakthroughs are like butterflies — beautiful and awe-inspiring, yet erratic and elusive. Some people think they…

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Deep Work: A book review by Bob Morris

January 12, 2016

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Cal Newport Grand Central Publishing (2016) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle Those who aspire to “connect sacredness inherent in…

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How Company Culture Shapes Employee Motivation

December 10, 2015

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Lindsay McGregor and Neel Doshi 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 receive…

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