Peter Drucker
Martin Reeves is Chairman of The BCG Henderson Institute, BCG’s think tank on strategy and management. He researches, publishes and pilots new thinking on business challenges, drawing upon both innovations in business and fields such as biology, computer science and…
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Stop Decorating the Fish: Which solutions to ignore and which problems really matter Kristen Cox and Yishai Ashlag The North River Press Publishing Company (December 2020) How and why to focus on solving core problems…while you can This book has…
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Getting It All Done: The HBR Working Parents Series Daisy Dowling, Series Editor Harvard Business School Press (December 2020) “Until we can manage time and effort, we can manage nothing else.” Peter Drucker This is one of the volumes in…
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Jonathan Littman collaborated with IDEO on the bestsellers The Art of Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation (more than 650,000 copies sold worldwide in 12 languages). The author of ten books, five of his works have been optioned for…
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Ruthless Consistency: How Committed Leaders Execute Strategy, Implement Change, and Build Organizations That Win Michael Canic McGraw-Hill (September 2020) How to avoid “the unintended, unrecognized, and unforgivable consequences of failure” I agree with Michael Canic: “The tragedy of repeated failures…
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Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future Margaret Hefferman Avid Reader Press (September 2020) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison I selected the Edison assertion to serve as the title of this brief commentary because it helps us to understand…
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A sought-after keynote speaker, facilitator and coach, Alain Hunkins is a leadership expert who connects the science of high performance with the performing art of leadership. Leaders trust him to help unlock their potential and expand their influence, leading to…
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The Business of Getting Business: The Digital Marketing Guide for Small Businesses Joe Manausa LID Publishing (May 2020) “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” Peter Drucker Presumably Joe Manausa agrees with Drucker. Business success requires…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2020) “Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems.” Tim Brown This book is one of the most recent volumes in…
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Ten Valuable Business Lessons
The other day, someone asked me which business lessons I have found to be the most valuable. Here are ten, in no particular order: o “If you can’t explain your great idea to a six year-old, you really…
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