Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 5/13/13)

 

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:

BOOK REVIEWS

The Lean Practitioner’s Handbook
Mark Eaton

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing
HBR Editors and various contributors

Weaving the Web: the Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee

Untapped Talent: Unleashing the Power of the Hidden Workforce
Dani Monroe

The Inclusion Dividend: Why Investing in Diversity & Inclusion Pays Off
Mark Kaplan and Mason Donovan

The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels
Michael D. Watkins

The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace: Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances, and Will Make You Happier
Cy Wakeman

INTERVIEWS

Charting technology’s new directions: A conversation with MIT’s Erik Brynjolfsson
Rik Kirkland
McKinsey Publishing

Eric Schmidt on “Disruptive technologies”
Richard Dobbs
The McKinsey Global Institute

Brooke Denihan Barrett (Denihan Hospitality Group) in “The Corner Office”
Adam Bryant
The New York Times

COMMENTARIES

“If you think top executives have to have charisma, think again.”
Christian Stadler and Davis Dyer
MIT Sloan Management Review

“How to Listen When Someone Is Venting”
Mark Goulston
HBR

“How to Stop Going to So Many Meetings”
Management Tip of the Day
HBR

“How to stop the mediocrity pandemic”
Dave Logan
CBS MoneyWatch

“How the Internet of Things Changes Everything”
Stefan Ferber
HBR

“Several expert perspectives on data analytics”
McKinsey & Company

“Does it matter where you went to school?”
Margaret Heffernan
CBS MoneyWatch

“The coming era of “on-demand” marketing”
Peter Dahlström and David Edelman
The McKinsey Quarterly

“How to Influence People with Your Ideas”
John Butman
HBR

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 5/6/13)

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:

BOOK REVIEWS

Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die
Eric Siegel

Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams: How You and Your Team Get Unstuck to Get Results
Roger Schwarz

Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done
Art Markman

From Smart to Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom
Prasad Kaipa and Navi Radjou

Customer CEO: How to Profit from the Power of Your Customers
Chuck Wall

INTERVIEWS

Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins
BOB

Steve Case (Revolution) in “The Corner Office”
Adam Bryant
The New York Times

Peter Gray: Part 2
BOB

COMMENTARIES

“5 signs a workplace is family-friendly”
Amy Levin-Epstein
CBS MoneyWatch

“Why Ken Robinson is so important”
TED

“What great coaches do — and leaders should [comma] too”
Laura Vanderkam
CBS MoneyWatch

“A Tribute to Steve Jobs”
The Charlie Rose Show

“Risk: The story of America’s greatest idea”
John Dickerson
Slate

“Never Embolden the Naysayers”
Josh Linkner

“These Soft Skills Can Go a Long Way”
Paul H. Eccher and Dave Ross
Talent Management

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 4/22/13)

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:

BOOK REVIEWS

The Power of Why: Breaking Out in a Competitive Marketplace
Richard Weylman

Creative Intelligence: Harnessing the Power to Create, Connect, and Inspire
Bruce Nussbaum

The Creative Brain: The Science of Genius
Nancy C. Andreasen

Crisis Communications: The Definitive Guide to Managing the Message
Steven Fink

Decide: Better Ways of Making Better Decisions
David Wethey

Crisis Management: Planning for the Inevitable
Steven Fink

Business Brilliant: Surprising Lessons from the Greatest Self-Made Business Icons
Lewis Schiff

INTERVIEWS

Jen Guzman (Stella & Chewy’s) in “The Corner Office”
Adam Bryant
The New York Times

Peter Gray (Part 1)
BOB

Thought Leader Conversation: Edgar Schein
Art Kleiner and Rutger von Post
strategy+business

Dennis Perkins (Part 1)
BOB

COMMENTARIES

“How to Expand Your Company’s Innovation Network”
Management Tip of the Day
HBR

“McKinsey & Company: Leading in the 21st century”
The McKinsey Quarterly

“How IDEO brings design to corporate America”
David Kelley
FORTUNE

“To Increase Innovation, Take the Sting Out of Failure”
Doug Sundheim
HBR

“Linked Data: Web Science and the Semantic Web”
Tim Berners-Lee

“Google’s Greatest Innovation May Be Its Management Practice”
Bruce Nussbaum
Fast Company

“The Five Stages of Disruption Denial”
Grant McCracken
HBR

“How to Create an Innovation Ecosystem”
Art Markman
HBR

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 4/8/13)

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:

BOOK REVIEWS

The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet
Ramez Naam

World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business as We Knew It
John A. Byrne

HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Communication
Editors of Harvard Business Review

StoryBranding: Creating Stand-Out Brands Through The Power of Story
Jim Signorelli

Talent Leadership: A Proven Method for Identifying and Developing High-Potential Employees
John Mattone with Luiz Xavier

Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Hire, Keep and Nurture Creative Talent
Nolan Bushnell with Gene Stone

Rain: What a Paperboy Learned About Business
Jeffrey J. Fox

Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence
Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins

INTERVIEWS

Marcus Ryu (Guidewire Software) in “The Corner Office”
Adam Bryant
The New York Times

Chip Heath and Olivier Sibony on “Making great decisions”
The McKinsey Quarterly

Karen Wright
BOB

George Kohlhieser
BOB

COMMENTARIES

“The Art and Science of Delivery: In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Skoll World Forum”
Volume 5 , Voices on Society series
The McKinsey Quarterly

“Evolution of the networked enterprise: McKinsey Global Survey results”
Contributors include Jacques Bughin and Michael Chui
The McKinsey Quarterly

“The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete”
Chris Anderson
Inc.

“The Hidden Biases in Big Data”
Kate Crawford
HBR

“The Rise of Executive Feminism”
Joan C. Williams andRachel W. Dempsey
HBR

“4 Ways to Be a Leader Who Matters”
Les McKeown
Inc.

“The Psychology of the Creative Class: Not as Creative as You Think”
Richey Piiparinen

“How to ‘dance in the rain’”
BOB

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 4/1/13)

 

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:

BOOK REVIEWS

The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win
Steven Gary Blank

Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You: Retrain Your Brain to Conquer Fear, Make Better Decisions, and Thrive in the 21st Century
Marc Schoen with Kristin Loberg

Intelligent Leadership: What You Need to Know to Unlock Your Full Potential
John Mattone

INTERVIEWS

Francesca Zambello in “The Corner Office”
Adam Bryant
The New York Times

Lawrence Cunningham
BOB

Gerard J. Tellis
BOB

Emily Bennington
BOB

Vijay Govindarajan
BOB

COMMENTARIES

“Remembering Roger Ebert “
Linda Holmes
NPR

“The Psychology of the Creative Class: Not as Creative as You Think”
Richey Piiparinen

“Five routes to more innovative problem solving”
Olivier Leclerc and Mihnea Moldoveanu
The McKinsey Quarterly

“The Originality Scale”
Marty Neumeier
Liquid Agency

“The Most Popular Articles (First Q 2013)”
The McKinsey Quarterly

“How to Tell Your Company’s Story”
Nadia Goodman
Entrepreneur

“Don’t Sandwich Negative Feedback”
Management Tip of the Day
HBR

“5 Insanely Simple Work-Life Balance Shortcuts From People Who ‘Have it all’”
Cali Williams Yost
Fast Company

“Lessons From Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg On How To Succeed In Business By Really Trying”
Sharon Poczter
Forbes

“Yes, women make better leaders.”
Margaret Heffernan
CBS MoneyWatch

“How Innovative Is Your Company’s Culture?”
Jay Rao and Joseph Weintraub
MIT Sloan Management Review

“What Losing My Job Taught Me About Leading”
Doug Conant
HBR

“How to Know the Difference Between Your Data and Your Metrics”
Jeff Bladt and Bob Filbin
HBR

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 3/25/13)

 

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:

BOOK REVIEWS

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Making Smart Decisions
Various Contributors and Editors of Harvard Business Review

It’s All About Who You Hire, How They Lead…and Other Essential Advice from a Self-Made Leader
Morton L. Mandel with John A. Byrne

Win-Win Partnerships: Be on the Cutting Edge with Synergistic Coaching
Steven J. Stowell and Matt M. Starcevich

Ahead of the Curve: A Guide to Applied Strategic Thinking
Steven J. Stowell and Stephanie S. Mead

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sanberg

Getting Innovation Right: How Leaders Leverage Inflection Points to Drive Success
Seth Kahan

INTERVIEWS

Ivar Kroghrud (QuestBack) in “The Corner Office”
Adam Bryant
The New York Times

The Thought Leader Interview: Cynthia Montgomery
Ken Favaro and Art Kleiner
strategy+business

COMMENTARIES

“9 Initiatives Employers Must Take to Support Women’s Success”
Kathy Caprino
Forbes

A McKinsey Classic: “The granularity of growth”
Mehrdad Baghai, Sven Smit, and S. Patrick Viguerie
The McKinsey Quarterly

“How Innovative Is Your Company’s Culture?”
Jay Rao and Joseph Weintraub
MIT Sloan Management Review

“Why Organizations Are So Afraid to Simplify””
Ron Ashkenas
HBR

“Six social-media skills every leader needs”
Margaret Heffernan
CBS MoneyWatch

“Why to Change Small Things, Not the Entire Culture”
Management Tip of the Day
HBR

“Want to Change Behavior?”
Marshall Goldsmith
Talent Management

“The Making of an Expert”
K. Anders Ericsson, Michael J. Prietula, and Edward T. Cokely
HBR

“Two Great Talks by Ken Robinson”
TED

“Beyond corporate social responsibility: Integrated external engagement”
John Browne and Robin Nuttall
The McKinsey Quarterly

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 3/18/13)

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:

BOOK REVIEWS

The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
Gary Keller with Jay Papasan

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Third Edition
Warren Buffett; Edited by Lawrence A. Cunningham

Judgment On the Front Line: Why the Smartest Companies Trust their People to Make Real Decisions
Chris DeRose and Noel Tichy

INTERVIEWS

David Rock (the NeuroLeadership Institute) in “The Corner Office”
Adam Bryant
The New York Times

Capturing the Energy of Anese Cavanaugh
Glenn Burr
Inc. Small Giants Community (ISGC )

CONVERSATION AT THE EDGE with Joseph Henrich
Edge.org

Karl Weber
BOB

Exclusive Interview with Author Stan Phelps
Glenn Burr
Inc.

Mark Goulston and John Ullmen
BOB

COMMENTARIES

“Beyond corporate social responsibility: Integrated external engagement”
John Browne and Robin Nuttall
The McKinsey Quarterly

“Why Persuasion Doesn’t Require Manipulation”
Management Tip of the Day
HBR

“Stop Reinventing Disruption”
Maxwell Wessel
HBR

“Women on the home front: Debate over work-life balance continues”
Bernie D. Jones
From the Square (NYU Press Blog)

“The second step to brain mastery”
Nick Morgan

“Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling”
Emma Coats

“The New Aesthetic Resonates in Ferruccio Laviani’s Good Vibrations”
Janelle Zara
ARTINFO.com

“Some Things You Might Not Know About Sheryl Sandberg…But Lucky Us, We Got the Chance to Ask”
Sara Nelson
Amazon.com

“International Women’s Day 2013: Defining Success”
Accenture Global Research Results

“Why the Publishing Industry Isn’t Doomed: Readers’ Control In the Future of Reading”
Baratunde Thurston
Fast Company

“How to Survive Networking Events by Being Generous”
Management Tip of the Day
HBR

“Findings of Harvard Business School’s 2012 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness”
Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 3/11/13)

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:

BOOK REVIEWS

Can’t Buy Me Like: How Authentic Customer Connections Drive Superior Results
Bob Garfield and Doug Levy

The Future Arrived Yesterday: The Rise of the Protean Corporation and What It Means for You
Michael Malone

It’s Always Personal: Navigating Emotion in the New Workplace
Anne Kreamer

Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture
Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, and Joshua Green

Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier

INTERVIEWS

Ilene Gordon (Ingredion) in “The Corner Office”
Adam BRyant
The New York Times

Lee LeFever
BOB

An Interview of Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard
Poets&Quants

Leigh Thompson
BOB

COMMENTARIES

“To Become More Adaptable, Take a Lesson from Biology”
Rafe Sagarin
HBR

“Sheryl Sanberg’s Manifesto”
Michael Lewis
Vanity Fair

“Out of the Mouths of Babes”: Part 2
BOB

The first step to brain mastery””
Nick Morgan
PublicWords

“Lean In: Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Explains What’s Holding Women Back”
NPR Staff

“Brain Plasticity: How learning changes your brain”
Pascale Michelon
SharpBrains

“Institutional Innovation”
John Hagel III and John Seely Brown on
Deloitte University Press

“TIME Magazine’s All-Time Top 10 Commencement Speeches”
TIME

“How to Make Emotional Connections with Your Employees
Management Tip of the Day
HBR

“The Perils of Preaching to Children”
BOB

“The Case for Stealth Innovation”
Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
HBR

“How to Create a Culture In Which Female Leaders Can Thrive”
Nellie Borrero
Talent Management

“Out of the Mouths of Babes”: Part 2
BOB

“Find a rocket ship and ride it.”
Kashmir Hill
Forbes

“The value of sportsmanship in business”
Michael Hess
CBS MoneyWatch

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 3/4/13)

 

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:

REVIEWS

Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life
Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg

Finding Keepers: The Monster Guide to Hiring and Holding the World’s Best Employees
Steve Pogorzelski and Jesse Harriott with Doug Hardy

Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life
Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg

Global Dexterity: How to Adapt Your Behavior Across Cultures without Losing Yourself in the Process
Andy Molinsky

Leadership: A Master Class
Daniel Goleman, Host

Success Under Stress: Powerful Tools for Staying Calm, Confident, and Productive When the Pressure’s On
Sharon Melnick

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Innovation
Various Contributors with Editors of Harvard Business Review

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
John Ratey with Eric Hagerman

BrandingPays: The Five-Step System to Reinvent Your Personal Brand
Karen Kang

The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic–and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Steven Johnson

INTERVIEWS

Kris Duggan (Badgeville) in “The Corner Office”
Adam Bryant
The New York Times

COMMENTARIES

“Business Insights from Abraham Lincoln”
BOB

“7 Secrets to asking effective questions”
Shane Snow
Fast Company

“Pragmatic Pathways to Fundamental, Long-Term Change”
John Hagel II, John Seely Brown, Christopher Gong, Stacey Wang, and Travis Lehman
Deloitte Center for the Edge

“5 ways to use brain science to create persuasive presentations”
Susan Weinschenk
Business Insider

“Big data in the age of the telegraph”
Caitlin Rosenthal
The McKinsey Quarterly

“How to Keep Your Star Employees”
Kasey Wehrum
Inc.

“Focus on the problem, not the person”
Daniel Goleman
LinkedIn

“Narcissism: The problem with ‘bold’ leadership”
Margaret Heffernan
CBS MoneyWatch

“12 Ways to Be the Leader Everyone Wants to Work For
Jeff Schmitt
Forbes

“One Man, One Computer, 10 Million Students: How Khan Academy Is Reinventing Education”
Michael Noer
Forbes

“Embrace Work-Life Imbalance”
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
HBR

“Global Tilt and the Dexterity That Cross-Cultural Management Now Requires
From Global Tilt: Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift
Ram Charan

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 2/18/13)

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you:

BOOK REVIEWS

Success Under Stress: Powerful Tools for Staying Calm, Confident, and Productive When the Pressure’s On
Sharon Melnick

The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
Bill Walsh with Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh

Who Says It’s a Man’s World: The Girls’ Guide to Corporate Domination
Emily Bennington

The Genius Machine: The Eleven Steps That Turn Raw Ideas into Brilliance
Gerald Sindell

The Art of Explanation: Making Your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand
Lee LeFever

This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
John Brockman, Editor

INTERVIEWS

Lily Kanter (Serena & Lily) in “The Corner Office”
Adam Bryant
The New York Times

Lina Echeverría

Achim Nowak

David Goldsmith: Part 2

COMMENTARIES

“7 Tips for Handling Criticism”
Gretchen Rubin

“How Companies of All Sizes Are Moving Beyond Command and Control Cultures”
David C. Forman and Friso van der Oord
Talent Management

“Tim Ferriss: How to develop ‘reality distortion field’ charisma”
Jessica Stillman
CBS MoneyWatch

“Why the Best Managers Ask the Most Questions”
Nadia Goodman
Entrepreneur

“Top 10 Famous Stutterers”
El the erf
Listverse

“Death To Core Competency: Lessons From Nike, Apple, Netflix”
Austin Carr
Fast Company

“Making Star Teams Out of Star Players
Michael Mankins, Alan Bird, and James Root
HBR

“How to Defuse Difficult People”
Management Tip of the Day
HBR

When It Comes to Content Strategy, Spreadable Is the New Sticky
Sam Ford
Fast Company

“The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data
Alon Halevy, Peter Norvig, and Fernando Pereira
iEEE iNTElliGENT SYSTEMS

“The startling cost of inefficient collaboration”
Editors
MIT Sloan Management Review

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