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Why Josh Linkner is outraged by “insanity”…and should be.

April 25, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a post by Josh Linkner at his blog. I share his anger and support his efforts. Please click here to read what he has to say and check out the brief video clip that he provides.…

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Little Bets: A book review by Bob Morris

April 20, 2011

Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries Peter Sims Free Press/Simon & Schuster (23011) How to generate “ingenious ideas…through a rigorous experimental discovery process” Having read and reviewed True North, a book Peter Sims co-authored with Bill George,…

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Iconoclast: A book review by Bob Morris

April 15, 2011

Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently Gregory Berns Harvard Business School Press (2008) I recently checked the Online Etymological Dictionary and learned that an iconoclast is a “breaker or destroyer of images” from the Late Greek word eikonoklastes.…

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Ten Steps Ahead: A book review by Bob Morris

March 18, 2011

Ten Steps Ahead: What Separates Successful Business Visionaries from the Rest of Us Erik Calonius Portfolio/Penguin Group (2011) Dreamers think about it…visionaries see it and then make it happen, at whatever cost The material in Ten Steps Ahead is based…

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Resonate: A book review by Bob Morris

March 16, 2011

Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences Nancy Duarte John Wiley & Sons (2010) How and why to create significant, sincere, and enlightening moments during presentations that “drive the big idea home” Don’t be deterred by the shape of this…

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10 Ways to Think Different – Inside Apple’s Cult-Like Culture

March 14, 2011

Here is an article written by Steve Tobak for BNET (March 2, 2011), The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please…

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Most Valuable Business Insights: 11-15

March 2, 2011

After having read and reviewed so many business books, I now share brief comments about what I consider to be the 25 most valuable business insights and the books in which they are either introduced or (one man’s opinion) best…

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What makes business visionaries “tick”?

February 23, 2011

In his book Eight Steps Ahead: What Separates Business Visionaries from the Rest of Us, published by Portfolio/Penguin (2011), Erik Calonius reveals what makes visionaries tick and how they develop their extraordinary powers.  We learn, for example, • How Steve…

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How Desperation Drives Highly Successful People

January 21, 2011

Steve Toback for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *     *     *…

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