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Four Innovative Initiatives to Attract and Retain Diverse Women

First Friday Book Synopsis

Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life.” Here is an article written by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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George E. L. Barbee: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

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Barbee is one of the original Batten Fellow faculty members (along with Jim Collins, Malcolm Gladwell and Jim Gilmore) at top-ranked University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and has been teaching innovation for the past 15 years to over 500 MBA students and senior executives. Barbee: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris.

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George E.L. Barbee: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Barbee is one of the original Batten Fellow faculty members (along with Jim Collins, Malcolm Gladwell and Jim Gilmore) at top-ranked University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and has been teaching innovation for the past 15 years to over 500 MBA students and senior executives. Barbee: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris.

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But We Can’t All Be Michael Jordan – The Challenge: Building Success with Average Folks

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I have written many times about the need for constant innovation, perpetual improvement, pushing folks to get better (pushing myself to get better). Just yesterday, I re-read the classic essay by David Halberstam about the end of Michael Jordan’s playing career: [.]. I am a big fan of making people and companies better.

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The CIO Paradox: A book review by Bob Morris

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Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

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Looptail: A book review by Bob Morris

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Looptail: How One Company Changed the World by Reinventing Business Bruce Poon Tip BusinessPlus (2013) How and why core values and shared purpose can help any social enterprise to achieve sustainable profitability The most popular career advice includes the suggestion to do what you love and love what you do because what you love to […].

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Idea Agent: A book review by Bob Morris

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Idea Agent: Leadership that Liberates Creativity and Accelerates Innovation Lina M.

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