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Mind Wide Open: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life Steven Johnson Scribner/Simon & Schuster (2004) How and why the brain sciences can help to “open wide the mind’s caged door” I read this book before Steven Johnson’s later works, The Ghost Map (2006) and Where Good Ideas Come From (2011) and then re-read [.].

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The Creative Habit: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life Twyla Tharp Simon & Schuster ((2006) Enjoy the pleasure of her company and the magic of her mind As is my custom when a new year begins, I recently re-read this book and The Collaborative Habit. The insights that Twyla Tharp shares in them are, [.].

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Marton’s Great Escape is Worth the Trouble to Find a Copy

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006). I just finished this wonderful book by Kati Marton. Marton was an NPR and ABC news correspondent, who was widowed twice. Her first marriage was to ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, with whom she had two […].

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Emotional Equations: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success Chip Conley Free Press/A Division of Simon & Schuster (2012) An “operating manual” from an “emotional concierge” for those who seek meaning in life on the other side of complexity I have read and reviewed Chip Conley’s previous books and with all due respect to them, [.].

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#QUALITYtweet – Video Review

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer #QUALITYtweet – Video Review Simon Young at iJump reviews my book “#QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project” and other books in Thinkaha Series. You can also watch this video at iJump TV website. RSS feed for comments on this post.

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A Round Up of My Writing in January 2010

QAspire

Posts at QAspire Blog : I started 2010 blogging with a review of Nicholas Bate’s book Instant MBA. Clark is one of the finest books I have read on essence of leadership. I posted a review of the book. Simon Young at iJump posted a video review of my book #QUALITYtweet. I wrote earlier about “ toxic leadership ”.

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Restaurant Week (An elementary look at quality culture fundamentals)

Deming Institute

Rafael Aguayo, Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality, Simon & Schuster, 1990, p. William Kalush and Larry Sloman, The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero, Atria Books, 2006. Walter Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe, Simon & Schuster, 2007, p. References.

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