Tom Davenport

Donald N. Thompson: An interview by Bob Morris

July 10, 2012

Don Thompson is an economist and professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto. He has taught at Harvard Business School and the London School of Economics. He is author of nine books, including The $12 Million Stuffed Shark:…

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The Innovative Team: A book review by Bob Morris

June 20, 2012

The Innovative Team: Unleashing Creative Potential for Breakthrough Results Chris Grivas and Gerard J. Puccio Jossey-Bass /A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why an innovative team can leverage its organization’s creative resources to achieve and sustain breakthrough results By nature, an innovative team is one…

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Was Steve Jobs a Good Decision Maker?

June 18, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tom Davenport 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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Teaming: A book review by Bob Morris

May 15, 2012

Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Amy C. Edmondson Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) Why and how the most valuable organizational learning occurs: through teams Amy Edmondson characterizes “teaming” as “teamwork on the fly.” It could also be termed “informal collaboration on steroids.” Whatever,…

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Most Valuable Business Insights: 6-10

February 23, 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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The Most Valuable Business Insights: 1-5

February 22, 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 identify the books in which they are either introduced or (one man’s opinion)…

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