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Making Innovative Teams

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One exception to this is Eliyah Goldratt’s The Goal and after an initial reading of Grivas and Puccio’s The Innovative Team: Unleashing Creative Potential for Breakthrough Results , I may have another exception. I’m not the biggest fan of business fables. Most provide generic advice in the form of a poorly written narrative.

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ROAR! : A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Turner John Wiley & Sons (2010) How to “break through all that noise and visual stimulation to get to the core of the customer” What we have here is another business fable, a very popular sub-genre for business book authors [.].

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The Radical Leap Re-Energized: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Radical Leap Re-Energized: A Story That Will Change the Way You Lead Steve Farber No Limit Publishing (2011) “If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?” Rabbi Hillel the Elder What we have here [.].

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Surviving the Serengeti: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Surviving the Serengeti: 7 Skills To Master Business and Life Stefan Swanepoel John Wiley & Sons (2011) A parable for success that sometimes requires a perilous journey of self-discovery Fables may well be among the earliest forms of storytelling and remain popular among several business thinkers, notably Stephen Denning and Patrick Lencione.