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Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson On The Magic of Disney

December 16, 2013

Here is the introduction to an interview of Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson by Pamela Lyndon of the NPR staff. They co-star in Saving Mr. Banks. To read highlights from the interview and check out other NPR resources, please click…

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Disney U: A book review by Bob Morris

May 2, 2013

Disney U : How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees Doug Lipp McGraw-Hill (2013) There are valuable business lessons to be learned from “the human architect” of Disney’s magic kingdoms Personal note: Soon after Disneyland…

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Michael Michalko: An interview by Bob Morris

April 28, 2012

Michael Michalko is one of the most highly acclaimed creativity experts in the world and author of the best sellers Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), ThinkPak (A Brainstorming Card Deck), Creative Thinkering (Putting your Imagination to Work), and Cracking…

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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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What Would Drucker Do Now? A book review by Bob Morris

February 23, 2012

What Would Drucker Do Now? Solutions to Today’s Toughest Challenges from the Father of Modern Management Rick Wartzman McGraw-Hill (w3012) For every especially important question or an especially serious problem, Peter Drucker probably has the answer or solution. I recently…

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What Would Steve Jobs Do?: A book review by Bob Morris

February 21, 2012

What Would Steve Jobs Do? How the Steve Jobs Way Can Inspire Anyone to Think Differently and Win Peter Sander McGraw-Hill (2012) If you have “insanely great” talents, you don’t need this book.  Otherwise…. I recently read this book and…

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The Disney Way: A book review by Bob Morris

October 2, 2011

The Disney Way: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company William Capodagli and Lynn Jackson McGraw Hill, Second Edition (2006) The ROI of “Magic” According to William Capodagli and Lynn Jackson, “This book tells the inside story of…

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The Silver Lining: A book review by Bob Morris

August 17, 2011

The Silver Lining: An Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times Scott D. Anthony Harvard Business Press (2009) According to Scott Anthony, the “Great Disruption” refers to the current time when tumultuous change is “ripping through markets at unprecedented pace. Competitive advantage…

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David Kord Murray on the art and science of “borrowing brilliance”

May 14, 2011

David Kord Murray is a former aerospace scientist, Fortune 500 executive, chief innovation officer of two major companies, inventor and software entrepreneur. He has made a living by coming up with new and innovative ideas. In Borrowing Brilliance, he explains…

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Iconoclast: A book review by Bob Morris

April 15, 2011

Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently Gregory Berns Harvard Business School Press (2008) I recently checked the Online Etymological Dictionary and learned that an iconoclast is a “breaker or destroyer of images” from the Late Greek word eikonoklastes.…

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