Thomas Edison

Walter Isaacson: “Some Lessons from the Journey of Innovation (1843-2011)”

October 25, 2014

I have just read and will soon review Walter Isaacson‘s latest book, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution. In my opinion, it is his most valuable book, thus far. In the final…

Read More

Never Be Closing: A book review by Bob Morris

August 22, 2014

Never Be Closing: How to Sell Better Without Screwing Your Clients, Your Colleagues, or Yourself Tim Hurson and Tim Dunne Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2014) How and why “Productive Thinking” can accelerate personal growth and professional development In the film version…

Read More

Own Your Future: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2014

Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy Paul B. Brown with Charles F. Kiefer and Leonard A. Schlesinger AMACOM (2012) Here’s an “owner’s manual for having a more successful life” on the…

Read More

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…

Read More

Reinventing Organizations: A book re view by Bob Morris

April 28, 2014

Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness Frederic Laloux Nelson Parker (2014) How and why to create, develop, and sustain “a more soulful, purposeful, and productive workplace” Recent and extensive research on…

Read More

Behind the Cloud: A book review by Bob Morris

March 12, 2014

Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company and Revolutionized an Industry Marc Benioff Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2009) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison It’s always interesting as well as instructive to…

Read More

Keith Sawyer on the eight stages of creativity

March 7, 2014

In Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, Keith Sawyer suggests that there are eight stages to the creative process. He is convinced by extensive research (including his) that when most organizations conduct brainstorming sessions, it isn’t very effective. Why?…

Read More

David and Tom Kelley on “Why Creativity Is Like Karaoke”

February 12, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Leigh Buchanan for Inc. magazine. IDEO founders David and Tom Kelley share their thoughts about building a creative culture. To read the complete article and c heck out others, please click…

Read More

David Burkus: An interview by Bob Morris

January 22, 2014

David Burkus is the author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas. David is Assistant Professor of Management at the College of Business at Oral Roberts University, where he teaches courses…

Read More

Manage Your Day-to-Day: A book review by Bob Morris

December 6, 2013

Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind Jocelyn Glei, Editor Amazon Publishing (2013) “Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.” Stephen…

Read More