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Smart Thinking: A book review by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 1 month ago: Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done Art Markman A … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, Warren Bennis, Noel Tichy, Judgment, Peter Drucker, Aristotle, Art Markman, Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems , A Perigee Book/Penguin Group

Karen Wright: An interview by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 2 months ago: Karen Wright is an executive coach, author, speaker and consultant. She has an MBA in Marketing from … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, Albert Einstein, ''Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!', “Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking , brilliant mistakes, Brooke Manville, Cross-Enterprise Leadership, Dr. Seuss

Getting Innovation Right: A book review by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 2 months ago: Getting Innovation Right: How Leaders Leverage Inflection Points to Drive Success Seth Kahan Jossey- … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, Peter Drucker, Intel, Andy Grove, Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint, Seth Kahan, Getting Innovation Right: How Leaders Leverage Inflecti, Getting Change Right, “how leaders leverage inflection points to drive succ

Rich Horwath: A second interview by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 4 months ago: Rich Horwath helps people live strategically–to get more out of their business and more out of … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom, Peter Drucker, Lao Tzu, James O'Toole, Albert Einstein, The New York Times, Tom Davenport, Tao Te Ching

Toby Lester: An interview by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 6 months ago: Toby Lester is a journalist, an editor, and an independent scholar. In addition to writing books, he … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom, Peter Drucker, Lao Tzu, James O'Toole, Albert Einstein, The Boston Globe, Tom Davenport, Tao Te Ching

Paul Smith: An interview by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 6 months ago: Paul Smith is a keynote speaker, corporate trainer, and author of Lead with a Story: A Guide to Craf … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom, Peter Drucker, Lao Tzu, James O'Toole, Albert Einstein, Walmart, costco, Tom Davenport

Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 2, by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 6 months ago: Matthew E. May is the author of The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Ex … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom, Peter Drucker, Lao Tzu, James O'Toole, strategy+business, Albert Einstein, Fast Company, In Pursuit of Elegance

William N. Thorndike, Jr.: An Interview by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 6 months ago: William N. Thorndike, Jr. founded Housatonic Partners in Boston in 1994 and has been Managing Direct … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, JR, the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom, Peter Drucker, Lao Tzu, James O'Toole, Albert Einstein, Harvard College, Tom Davenport

Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 6 months ago: Matthew E. May is the author of The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Ex … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom, Peter Drucker, Lao Tzu, strategy+business, Albert Einstein, Fast Company, In Pursuit of Elegance, The Wall Street Journal

James Taylor: An interview by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 7 months ago: James Taylor is the CEO and a Principal Consultant of Decision Management Solutions. James is the le … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom, Peter Drucker, Lao Tzu, James O'Toole, Albert Einstein, Tom Davenport, Tao Te Ching, Paul Schoemaker

Linda Sharkey: An interview by Bob Morris1 comment

Bob Morris wrote 7 months ago: Linda Sharkey is a proven leader with experience in Fortune 10 companies building teams and driving … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom, Peter Drucker, Talent Management, Lao Tzu, James O'Toole, Albert Einstein, Hewlett Packard, Tom Davenport

Ken Segall: An interview by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 8 months ago: Ken Segall  worked closely with Steve Jobs as his ad agency creative director for over 12 years span … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom, Peter Drucker, IBM, Steve Jobs, Lao Tzu, James O'Toole, Albert Einstein, Apple

Judgment Calls: A book review by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 1 year ago: Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right Thomas H. Davenpor … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, Roger Martin, the opposable mind, Integrative Thinking, Peter Drucker, mckinsey & company, Thomas H. Davenport, Brook Manville, Harvard Business Review Press

Charles S. Jacobs: A second interview by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 1 year ago: Charles S. Jacobs Charles S. Jacobs is founder and managing partner of 180 Partners, and the author … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, Henry V, Martin Luther King, 12 Angry Men, deliberate practice, the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom, Peter Drucker, The Great Escape, The Sting

The Lean Startup: A book review by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 1 year ago: The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, Jim Collins, Jack Welch, Jerry Porras, Built to Last, Peter Drucker, Toyota, Crown Business, "The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do"

The Power of Elimination

Bob Morris wrote 1 year ago: Hepburn Many years ago during an interview, Katherine Hepburn was asked the secret to the success of … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, jason jennings, Peter Drucker, Albert Einstein, “Make everything as simple as possible…but no simpl, "The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do", The Power of Elimination, Katherine Hepburn, “If it’s DOA [comma] bury it”

Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi: An interview by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 1 year ago: Paul Leinwand Paul Leinwand is a Partner at Booz & Company based in the firm’s Chicago office. H … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, Peter Drucker, Lao Tzu, Michael Porter, strategy+business magazine, Booz & Company, Harvard Business Review Press, The Right to Win, Cesare Mainardi

Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 1 year ago: Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters Richard Rumelt Crown Business (2011) H … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, "The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do", Andy Grove’s inflection points, Crown Business, Deduction is enough only if you know everything worth k, Discovering Wal-Mart’s secret, General Schwarzkopf’s strategy in Desert Storm, Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference andc Why It , How and why a good strategy “acknowledges the challen

Deep Dive: A book review by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 1 year ago: Deep Dive: The Proven Method for Building Strategy, Focusing Your Resources, and Taking Smart Action … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, "The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do", and Taking Smart Action, Attitude and preparation determine altitude…and also , “champions get up when they can’t”, “Drive Master Practice”, “Pearls of Insight”, “Whether you think you can or think you can’t [comm, Deep Dive: The Proven Method for Building Strategy


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