Thomas Edison

The Wisdom of Titans: A book review by Bob Morris

October 4, 2013

The Wisdom of Titans: Secrets of Success from Entrepreneurs Who Rose to the Top William Ferguson bibliomotion books + media (2013) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison According to William Ferguson, “After interviewing the eleven titans for this book,…

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Beyond the Idea: A book review by Bob Morris

October 2, 2013

Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble St. Martin’s Press (2013) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison According to Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble, “The most important message in Beyond the…

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Beyond the Idea: A book review by Bob Morris

September 26, 2013

Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble St. Martin’s Press (2013) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison According to Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble, “The most important message in Beyond the…

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Josh Linkner on taking the first (and most difficult) step

September 18, 2013

Long ago, Thomas Edison observed, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” In a recent blog post, Josh Linker shares his own thoughts about how to increase personal growth and professional development. To check out the wealth of resources at his website,…

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True Story: A book review by Bob Morris

July 17, 2013

True Story: How to Combine Story and Action to Transform Your Business Ty Montague Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How to avoid organizational metastasis, especially during the Age of Connected Consumers If you wish to create or increase demand for…

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Edison was wrong about sleep

July 8, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Margaret Heffernan for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters,…

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Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid: A book review by Bob Morris

July 7, 2013

Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value Daniel Isenberg Harvard Business Review Press (2013) A brilliant analysis of entrepreneurship as “the contrarian perception, creation, and capture of extraordinary value” Let’s say that a Mount Rushmore…

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Negotiation : A book review by Bob Morris

June 26, 2013

Negotiation Brian Tracy AMACOM (2013) “Every battle is won or lost before it is fought.” Sun Tzu I selected one of the insights in The Art if War because I was again reminded of it while sharing Brian Tracy’s thoughts…

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The Power of Process: What Young Mozart Teaches Us About the Secret of Cultivating Genius

June 19, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Maria Popova for her Brain Pickings website. She reflects on the “powerful blend of instruction, encouragement, and constant practice.” She also directs our attention to an immensely interesting book, The…

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