Peter Drucker

Challenge the Ordinary: A book review by Bob Morris

July 16, 2014

Challenge the Ordinary: Why Revolutionary Companies Abandon Conventional Mindsets, Question Long-Held Assumptions, and Kill Their Sacred Cows Linda D. Henman Career Press (2014) “Yesterday’s dangerous idea is today’s orthodoxy and tomorrow’s cliché.” — Richard Dawkins I agree with Linda Henman…

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Joseph McCormack, author of BRIEF: An Interview by Bob Morris

July 3, 2014

Joe McCormack is on a mission to help organizations master the art of the short story. In an age of shrinking attention spans, non-stop interruptions, and a flood of information, the messages business leaders send out are getting lost in…

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Rich Karlgaard: An interview by Bob Morris

June 19, 2014

Rich Karlgaard is an angel investor, board director and Wall Street Journal best-selling author as well as the longtime publisher (since 1998) of Forbes magazine. He also writes the Forbes column, “Innovation Rules,” which is known for its witty assessment…

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Peter Skarzynski and David Crosswhite: An interview by Bob Morris, Part Two

June 13, 2014

Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC. He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. His…

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Brian Tracy on Management: A book review by Bob Morris

June 13, 2014

Management Brian Tracy AMACOM (2014) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker This is one of the volumes in The Brian Tracy Success Library. Thus far,…

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Jeremy Eden and Terri Long: An interview by Bob Morris

June 8, 2014

Jeremy Eden and Terri Long are co-founders and co-CEOs of Harvest Earnings Group, Inc. Jeremy has decades of consulting and performance improvement experience in business and government including at McKinsey and Company. Terri was in the corporate banking world for…

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Nick Morgan: An interview by Bob Morris

May 28, 2014

Nick Morgan is one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches. A passionate teacher, he is committed to helping people find clarity in their thinking and ideas – and then delivering them with panache. He has been commissioned by Fortune…

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Michael Marquardt on “How Action Learning Develops Questioning Leaders”

May 20, 2014

According to Michael Marquardt in Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask (Second Edition), asking the right questions is one of the most important — and yet most under-appreciated — skills that executives…

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Gamify: A book review by Bob Morris

May 17, 2014

Gamify: How Gamification Motivates People to Do Extraordinary Things Brian Burke Bibliomotion (2014) How and why focusing on gamification can help organizations to motivate their people to achieve shared goals I was introduced to game theory when I enrolled in…

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Denise Lee Yohn: An interview by Bob Morris

May 12, 2014

Blending a fresh perspective, twenty-five years of experience, and a talent for inspiring audiences, Denise Lee Yohn is a leading authority on building and positioning exceptional brands. She initially cultivated her brand-building approaches through several high-level positions in advertising and…

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