Thomas Edison

Think and Grow Rich: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2012

Think and Grow Rich: The Original Classic Napoleon Hill, with an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone Publishing Ltd. (2009) The “Supreme Secret” of success: “Anything the human mind can believe, the human mind can achieve.” Those who have read one…

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The best commencement address yet to be delivered: “Students Don’t Know Much About History”

June 15, 2012

In an interview conducted by Brian Bolduc , featured in the Wall Street Journal (June 18, 2011), the award-winning historian, David McCullough, says textbooks have become “so politically correct as to be comic.” Meanwhile, the likes of Thomas Edison get little attention.…

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The 4 Disciplines of Execution: A book review by Bob Morris

May 24, 2012

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling Free Press/A Division of Simon & Schuster (2012) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison For whatever reasons, many decision-makers are victims of…

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Don’t Be Ignorant: Everybody Is Creative

May 18, 2012

Here is an article written by Aubrey Daniels for Talent Management magazine. To check out all the resources and sign up for a free subscription to the TM and/or Chief Learning Officer magazines published by MedfiaTec, please click here.  *     *     * Requirements…

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Why You Won’t Get Breakthrough Innovation by Being Nice

April 25, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Simon Rucker for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. *  …

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Brilliant Mistakes: A book review by Bob Morris

April 4, 2012

Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success On the Far Side of Failure Paul J.F. Schoemaker Wharton Digital Press (2012) How and why mistakes “enlarge our range of experience, shrink our ego, and thereby increase the chance of discovery.” The title of this…

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Creative Thinkering: A book review by Bob Morris

March 30, 2012

Creative Thinkerin: Putting Your Imagination to Work Michael Michalko New World Library (2011) How and why conceptual blending of dissimilar subjects, ideas, and concepts is the most important factor in creative thinking Those who have read any of Michael Michalko’s previously…

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The Apple Experience: A book review by Bob Morris

March 27, 2012

The Apple Experience: Secrets to Building Insanely Great Customer Loyalty Carmine Gallo McGraw-Hill (2012) How to provide an “insanely great” customer experience Those who have read The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs and/or The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs already…

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Walter Isaacson on “The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs”

March 26, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Walter Isaacson for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click…

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Digital Leader: A book review by Bob Morris

March 18, 2012

Digital Leader: 5 Simple Keys to Success and Influence Erik Qualman McGraw-Hill (2012) How and why our digital footprints and shadows “constitute our permanent imprint on the world” As I began to read this book, I was again reminded of…

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