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OCTOBER 9, 2012

On June 1, 2007, I presented my synopsis of Words that Work by Frank Luntz at the First Friday Book Synopsis. On June 29, 2007, Apple introduced the world to the first iPhone. The Luntz book is still worth reading. In fact, both Karl Krayer and I have presented the key principles of this book [.].

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MARCH 4, 2014

Bob''s blog entries "The Whole Art of Detection" A Little History of Literature (2013) Alexander McCall Smith An Open Book Readings “Writers on Writers” series Baker Street Irregulars Book by Book Bound to Please C.

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APRIL 12, 2013

Watts Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us Fooled by Randomness (2001) Lakota Indians Nassim Nicholas Taleb Phil Rosenzweig The Black Swan (2007) The Halo Effect The Misuse of Common Sense Thinking Is About More Than Thought Voltaire We Don''t Think the Way We Think We Think Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins'

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

He won the Pulitzer Prize for this book (for General Nonfiction – 2007). Shortly after it came out, I read the book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright. As the Egypt situation unfolds, this might be a good book to put in [.].

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MAY 8, 2016

Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool An Eamon Dolan Book/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (April 12016) Why some people are amazingly good at what they do…and why so many others aren’t In “The Making of an Expert,” an article that appeared in the July–August 2007 issue of Harvard Business… Read More Peak: A book review by Bob Morris.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2016

New York Times Editorial Board, Young Voters, Motivated Again Consider these valuations, and the number of jobs involved:
 2007 — YouTube – Google — $1.65 Political and business experience were far down the list. billion – 65… Read More What if “Experience” Really Isn’t Prized Anymore? What Then?

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MAY 6, 2013

News Item: Apple to stop supporting original iPhone this year A leaked internal memo shows that the 2007 breakthrough device will be reclassified as obsolete this summer meaning that owners outside the US will no longer be able to get their devices serviced.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

His first book, published in 2007, is The Feel of the Deal: […]. Rob Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

From 2007 to […]. He writes about neuroscience, psychiatry and neurology, as well as everyday psychology. The territory includes the large and the small, memory molecules and group behavior, narcissism and nostalgia, drug uses and drug addiction.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2014

From 2007 to […]. He writes about neuroscience, psychiatry and neurology, as well as everyday psychology. The territory includes the large and the small, memory molecules and group behavior, narcissism and nostalgia, drug uses and drug addiction.

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OCTOBER 19, 2014

His first book, published in 2007, is The Feel of the Deal: […]. Rob Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance.

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MARCH 19, 2013

In 2007 he saw an opportunity to explain technology using short animated videos. Lee LeFever is the founder of Common Craft and author of The Art of Explanation- Making Your Ideas, Products and Services Easier to Understand. Starting with the video RSS in Plain English, he and Common Craft produced a series of videos and [.].

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MAY 10, 2012

Linden The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2007) A lively explanation of the beneficial neural functions in that “cobbled-together mess” between our ears The mind is what the brain does. The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God David J.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

From 2007 to […]. He writes about neuroscience, psychiatry and neurology, as well as everyday psychology. The territory includes the large and the small, memory molecules and group behavior, narcissism and nostalgia, drug uses and drug addiction.

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MAY 7, 2011

I have oft quoted, on this blog, and in countless presentations, from The Looming Tower: Al-Queda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright (winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 2007). And Inside the Kingdom by Carmen Bin Laden. Here is s link to a reading list, all books that were highlighted on PBS, with links to [.].

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JULY 3, 2011

The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking Roger Martin Harvard Business School Press (2007) When I first read this brilliant book, I was reminded of what Doris Kearns reveals about Abraham Lincoln in Team of Rivals.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

public schools from 2007 until 2010. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * What Michelle Rhee’s fans don’t get about education reform The national press and political class adore Michelle Rhee, who ran the D.C. She’s [.].

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Singleton Harvard Business Press (2007) I recently re-read In Their Time, co-authored by Anthony Mayo and Nitin Nohria, in combination with this book whose subtitle correctly indicates what Mayo, Nohria, and Laura Singleton set out to [.]. Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership Anthony J.

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AUGUST 6, 2011

Mendonca and featured by McKinzey & Company’s McKinsey Quarterly (November 2007). Here is an excerpt from an interview of Richard Rumelt co-conducted by Dan P. Lovallo and Lenny T.

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AUGUST 5, 2011

Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages Alex Wright Cornell University Press ((2007) How and why “the torch song of technological transcendentalism has passed from the visionary fringe into cultural mainstream” Alex Wright explains that in this volume, he approaches the story of the information age “by squarely looking backward&# and along (..)

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JULY 8, 2011

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Chip Heath and Dan Heath Random House (2007) The art and science of devising ideas that have impact and endurance This is one of the most entertaining as well as one of the most thought-provoking and informative books I have read in recent years. Chip [.].

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

public schools from 2007 until 2010. To read the complete article, please click here. * * * What Michelle Rhee’s fans don’t get about education reform The national press and political class adore Michelle Rhee, who ran the D.C. She’s [.].

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Singleton Harvard Business Press (2007) I recently re-read In Their Time, co-authored by Anthony Mayo and Nitin Nohria, in combination with this book whose subtitle correctly indicates what Mayo, Nohria, and Laura Singleton set out to [.]. Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership Anthony J.

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MAY 21, 2011

Slywotsky with Karl Weber Crown Business (2007) Dimensions of “a new strategic imperative&# I have read all of Adrian Slywotzky’s previously published books and reviewed most of them. The Upside: The 7 Strategies for Turning Big Threats into Growth Breakthroughs Adrian J.

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APRIL 22, 2011

Wiley & Sons (2007) A “must have&# combination of compass, GPS, tool kit, and operations manual for BNT Whatever their size or nature, all organizations have business relationships. In recent years, it has become increasingly more difficult to [.].

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JULY 23, 2011

Masters of Sales Ivan Misner and Don Morgan Entrpreneur Press (2007) Invaluable advice from 73 sales mentors Ivan R. Misner and Don Morgan have co-authored several books, including Masters of Success as well as this one in which 73 “masters of sales&# share their secrets. What soon became obvious to me as I worked my [.].

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MARCH 22, 2011

Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement William Duggan Columbia University Press (2007) How and why “a modern discipline” can activate “flashes of insight” in a results-driven organization There is much to be said for eliminating waste throughout an enterprise without transforming it completely, at all levels and in all areas.

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JULY 7, 2011

Tom Rath Gallup Press (2007) “Mirror, mirror on the wall….” StrengthsFinder 2.0 Note: One of my passions in life is to help promote and (yes) celebrate business books that are “classics,&# deserving far more attention than they currently receive. That is certainly true of StrengthsFinder 2.0.

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MAY 14, 2011

The Future of Management Gary Hamel with Bill Breen Harvard Business School Press (2007) With all due respect to today’s business bestsellers, most of the best books have already been written on the most important subjects.

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JULY 22, 2011

Bennis Portfolio/Penguin Group (2007) Why a great leader “is the Copernican pivot at the center of the decision-making process&# This is the first book on which Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis have collaborated. Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls Noel M. Tichy and Warren G.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway, and Katie Yezzi Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why ”practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent” For several decades, Anders Ericsson and his associates at Florida State University have been conducting research on peak (..)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Thursday September 15th, 2011: The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs today announced the shortlist for the seventh annual Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award (www.ft.com/bookaward), which aims to identify the book providing the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues. The shortlist is: [.].

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APRIL 24, 2012

Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business Thor Muller and Lane Becker Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) How and why to cultivate conditions and develop skills for chance encounters that offer new business opportunities Almost a century ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes observed, “I wouldn’t give a fig for simplicity [.]. (..)

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MAY 14, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from another outstanding interview featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and conducted by Joanna Barsh.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Daniel Diermeier is the IBM Professor of Regulation and Competitive Practice, a Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences at the Kellogg School of Management, and a Professor of Political Science at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, all at Northwestern University.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Slywotzky is a consultant and author of several books on economic theory and management. He graduated from Harvard College and holds a JD from Harvard Law School and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has worked as a consultant since 1979 and is currently a partner at Oliver Wyman.

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JULY 3, 2011

Here is the latest post by Joseph A. Maciariello featured in the Joe’s Journal series at the Drucker Exchange (Dx) sponsored by the Drucker Institute. The Drucker Exchange (the Dx) is a platform for bettering society through effective management and responsible leadership. It is produced by the Drucker Institute, a think tank and action tank [.].

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