Thomas Edison

Sunnie Giles on Radical Innovation: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

August 11, 2022

Sunnie Giles is a new generation expert on radical innovation who takes the mystery out of what radical innovation is and how to consistently produce it. By combining her unique expertise in advanced neuroscience, complex systems approach, quantum mechanics and…

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Unlock Your Potential: A book review by Bob Morris

August 6, 2022

Unlock Your Potential: The Ultimate Guide for Creating Your Dream Life in the Modern World Jeff Lerner Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of Ben Bella Books (August 2022) “‘Potential’ means you ain’t done it yet.” Darrell Royal I agree with the…

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Philip Kotler: A synoptic interview by Bob Morris

June 8, 2022

Philip Kotler is Professor Emeritus of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, where he held the S.C. Johnson & Son Professorship of International Marketing. Kellogg was consistently voted one of the top five business schools in Business Week‘s survey…

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The Execution Factor: A book review by Bob Morris

January 31, 2022

The Execution Factor: The One Skill That Drives Success Kim Perell McGraw-Hill Education (September 2018) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison Leaders in any organization — whatever its size and nature may be — would be well-advised to keep…

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Leadership Levers: A book review by Bob Morris

January 3, 2022

Leadership Levers: Releasing the Power of Relationships for Exceptional Participation, Alignment, and Team Results Diana Jones Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group (November 2021) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb…

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Enterprise architecture as strategy

December 12, 2021

In Open Strategy, Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Kurt Matzler, and Stephen Friedrich von den Eichen explain how to master disruption by formulating an open strategy, one exemplified by Nokia. Consider these points made by Gary Hamel in the Foreword: “Nokia’s…

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Martin Reeves and Jack Fuller on high-impact creative thinking: An interview by Bob Morris

July 18, 2021

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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Andrew Temte on Balancing Volatile Priorities: An interview by Bob Morris

May 16, 2021

Dr. Andrew Temte, CFA, is President and Global Head of Corporate Learning at Kaplan North America and former CEO of Kaplan Professional. A thought leader on issues related to workforce reskilling and upskilling, he is the author of Balancing Act:…

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Leadership System 2.0: A book review by Bob Morris

December 19, 2020

Leadership System: Implementing Integrated Enterprise Excellence Forrest W. Breyfogle III Citius Publishing, Inc. (August 2020) Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison Thomas Edison’s observation offers a valuable reminder to executives who become wholly preoccupied with WHERE,  while neglecting HOW.…

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Invent & Wander: A book review by Bob Morris

November 28, 2020

Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos Harvard Business Review Press (November 2020) For this CEO, it will always be “Day 1” What we have in this volume is a collection of Jeff Bezos’ writings: shareholder…

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