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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 10/14/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Roberto Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within […]. Bob''s blog entries "Brain Food Nuggets (11-20)" "Readers’ Advice for Young Women in the Workplace" "Take the Metaskills Quiz 2.0 Badaracco Karen Christensen Lessons from the Sandbox Liquid Brand Agency Marty Neumeier McKinsey Quarterly Michael A.

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Assessing Ballmer’s Leadership

Michael Lee Stallard

Check out technology critic David Pogue’s “ How Ballmer Missed the Tidal Shifts in Tech ” which appeared on the New York Times’ website on August 24. Some years ago I gave a presentation on Connection Cultures at the Innovation Council.

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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

Technology has clearly paid a huge part in this, but the biggest driver of change in how organizations are run is the ceaseless quest for improvement; to manage more efficiently and effectively to better achieve business results. May On How To Encourage Creativity & Innovation Are We Ready For The Workplace Gender Shift?

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Patents, Copyrights and Innovation, Oh My!

Coaching Tip

For traditional copyright lawyers, the transformation of copyright law in the public's perception -- from noble curator of the springs of creativity to, as in professor Nesson's view, a "contaminant" that vexes the lives of free people -- has been dizzying. Source: Roger Parloff , senior editor, FORTUNE, July 23, 2012.

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101 Greatest Quotes About Success and How to Achieve It

Lead from Within

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. – -Will Rogers. During my 87 years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. –Hyman George Rickover.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Future Has Moved… and Left No Forwarding Address.

Strategy Driven

” Will Rogers. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Clarke, Technology and the Future. The following concepts do not constitute Futurism by themselves: sales, technology, re-engineering, marketing, research, training, operations, administration. ” Alan Kay. ” Ayn Rand.

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The Traits of Advanced Leaders

Harvard Business Review

The difference is illustrated by a classic joke about old-time movie dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. He led Ginger Rogers around the dance floor flawlessly. But Ginger Rogers was an advanced leader. The surface has barely been scratched for the use of technology to improve society. He had a goal. He set direction.

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