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Nancy F. Koehn on “Lincoln’s School of Management”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Such a camera has no lens, viewfinder or shutter — just a pinhole at the front and film at the back. A 2012 re-enactment of the Battle of Shiloh as captured by a pinhole camera in Michie, Tenn. Images can be soft and require long exposures. More photographs are at civilwar150pinholeproject.com.No retouching or Photoshop processes [.].

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 7/8/13)

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Bob''s blog entries "Don’t Rely on Employees’ (Not So) Common Sense" "Edison was wrong about sleep" "How Drucker Thought About Complexity" "How to Use Tension and Conflict to Create Breakthrough Products "One Man’s Opinion: The Best Films About Leadership" "The Secret to Building Dream Teams" Adam Bryant American Film Institute Andy Molinsky “The Past (..)

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Boris Groysberg: An interview by Bob Morris

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Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school’s MBA and Executive Education programs. He has won numerous awards for his research, which focuses on the challenge of managing human capital at small and […].

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 7/1/13)

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Bob''s blog entries "Data is Worthless if You Don’t Communicate It" "Finding Your Passion In Work: 20 Awesome Quotes" "Nelson Mandela’s Legend: 7 Leadership Lessons" "One Man’s Opinion: The Best Films About Leadership" "Ten Most Popular Articles (3Q 2013)" "Why Your Company Should Use the Kickstarter Model to Innovate Adam Bryant Blogging on Business (..)

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 8/19/13)

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Bob''s blog entries "Givers take all: The hidden dimension of corporate culture" "How Do You Create Innovation in Your Business? of the Oxford Princeton Program) in “The Corner Office” Compelling People Dave Kerpen HBR Huffington Post Hugh Martin (chief executive of Sensity Systems) in “The Corner Office” Inc.

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How To Play Beane Ball

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I recently saw the film based on Michael Lewis’ bestselling book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, and starring Brad Pitt as the general manager of the Oakland Athletics. It is not necessary to be a baseball fan and/or knowledgeable about analytics to appreciate both the book and the film, although that helps [.].

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Mark Davis Blew This One – You Don’t Ban Books

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In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Mark Davis is one of the most popular columnists and radio hosts. He regularly contributes to the Dallas Morning News, and you can hear his program on WBAP 820 AM / 98.7 FM each weekday from 8:30-11:00 a.m. He is provocative, insightful, and usually correct. But not this time – [.].

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