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The Empathy Advantage: A book review by Bob Morris

March 10, 2023

  The Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce Heather E. McGowan and Chris Shipley Wiley (March 2023) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”  Theodore Roosevelt Empathy is the ability to recognize, understand,…

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Culture Is the Way: A book review by Bob Morris

February 3, 2023

Culture Is the Way: How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact, and ExcellenceMatt Mayberry Wiley (February 2023) “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”  Peter Drucker My take is that prevailing values in a workplace will always be…

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The Ecosystem Economy: A book review by Bob Morris

January 21, 2023

The Ecosystem Economy: How to Lead in the New Age of Sectors Without Borders Venkat Atluri and Miklós Dietz Wiley (October 2022) Why most businesses must reinvent themselves in order to compete in a different environment It will come as…

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Power of Capital: A book review by Bob Morris

October 28, 2022

Contacts: [email protected] [email protected] Power of Capital: An Adventure Capitalist’s Journey to a Sustainable Future Asha Mehta Wiley (October 2022) How to thrive in “the fastest-growing, most dynamic markets across the globe” An emerging market economy is one that’s transitioning into…

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When AI Rules the World: A book review by Bob Morris

October 19, 2022

When AI Rules the World: China, the U.S. and the Race to Control a Smart Planet Handel Jones Bombardier Books (October 2022) How innovation and support of AI in the U.S. “will maximize benefits for America and elsewhere” Handel Jones…

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True North: A book review by Bob Morris

September 7, 2022

True North: Leading Authentically in Today’s Workplace Bill George and Zach Clayton Wiley (August 2022) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde Whatever their size and nature may be, all organizations need effective leaders at all levels and in…

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Launchpad Republic: A book review by Bob Morris

August 10, 2022

Launchpad Republic: America’s Entrepreneurial Edge and Why It Matters Howard Wolk and John Landry Wiley (Auhgust 2022) How “a dynamic entrepreneurial economy” has balanced ” the right to compete with property rights” Consider the fact that most (if not all)…

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Move to the Edge, Declare It Center: A book review by Bob Morris

June 3, 2022

Move to the Edge, Declare It Center: Practices and Processes for Creatively Solving Complex Problems Everett Harper Wiley (March 2022) How to make better decisions (answering questions and solving problems) in a VUCA business world Occasionally, I read more than…

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Low-Hanging Fruit: A book review by Bob Morris

March 7, 2022

Low-Hanging Fruit: 77 Eye-Opening Ways to Improve Productivity and Profits Jeremy Eden and Terri Long Wiley (2014) How to “get a good cash crop yield from business innovation” Years ago, I helped a Fortune 50 company establish an electronic suggestion…

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The Neutrality Trap: A book review by Bob Morris

March 5, 2022

The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change Bernard Mayer and Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán Wiley (January 2022) “What got you here won’t get you there.”  Marshall Goldsmith My own opinion is that what got you here won’t even allow…

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