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The ROI of Thought Leadership: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 24, 2025

The ROI of Thought Leadership: Calculating the Value That Sets Organizations Apart Cindy Anderson and Anthony Marshall Wiley (February 2025) How and why — on average — data-informed ROI for thought leadership is 156% Cindy Anderson and Anthony Marshall define…

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The Pause Principle: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 21, 2025

The Pause Principle: How to Keep Your Cool in Tough Situations Cynthia Kane Wiley (January 2025) How to maintain calm, clarity, and compassion toward others in moments of severe stress One of two recent research studies indicates that 50% 0f…

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The Insider’s Guide to Innovation at Microsoft

February 20, 2025

The Insider’s Guide to Innovation at Microsoft Dean Carignan and JoAnn Garbin Wiley (February 2025) Two Microsoft Insiders Explain Innovation in Highly Innovative Ways Years ago during my interview of him, John Kotter suggested that the greatest challenge to change…

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Essential: A Book Review by Bob Morris

January 26, 2025

Essential: How Distributed Teams, Generative AI, and Global Shifts Are Creating a New Human-Powered Leadership Christie Smith and Kelly Monahan Wiley (January 2025) Providing high-impact leadership in a world that is increasingly tense, uncertain, and polarized Long ago in Future…

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The M&A Failure Trap: A Book Review by Bob Morris

November 18, 2024

The M&A Failure Trap: Why Most Mergers and Acquisitions Fail and How the Few Succeed Baruch Lev and Fen Gu Wiley (November 2024) How can companies get much better at mergers and acquisitions? So far, most haven’t. Why is that?…

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Your Values-Based Legacy: A Book Review by Bob Morris

November 8, 2024

Your Values-Based Legacy: Making a Difference at Every Age and Phase of life Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. Wiley (November 2024) “How Will You Measure Your Life?” Clayton M. Christensen I was again reminded of Christenasen’s question as I began…

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The 5% Rule of Leadership: A Book Review by Bob Morris

November 2, 2024

The 5% Rule of Leadership: Using Lean Decision-Making to Drive Trust, Ownership, and Team Productivity Anil K. Singhal Wiley (September 2024) How to build a great, enduring, and admirable enterprise According to my accumulation of notes (sources unknown), Lean was…

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How to Move Up When the Only Way is Down: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 24, 2024

How to Move Up When the Only Way is Down: Lessons from Artificial Intelligence for Overcoming Your Local Maximum Judah Taub Wiley (October 2024) The essence of decision-making and problem-solving in the Age of AI I agree with Jonathan Rosenfeld:…

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Mindshift: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 22, 2024

Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Shape the Future Brian Solis Wiley (October 2024) “If you’ve always done it that way, it’s probably wrong.” Charles Kettering James O’Toole has suggested that the strongest resistance to change tends to be cultural…

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FAIK: A Book Review by Bob Morris

October 21, 2024

FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions Perry Carpenter Wiley (October 2024)   How human and artificial intelligence — working together– can produce transformative results In the Foreword,  Rachel Tobac helps to”set the…

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