Ernest Shackleton

Ranking POTUS: The 15 Best

September 20, 2021

Various rankings of U.S. Presidents by presidential historians vary, of course, but the most recent ones now include #45, Donald Trump. Here is the latest ranking of the 15 best in the results of a survey conducted by C-SPAN: Let…

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Courageous Leadership: Frederick Douglass

July 23, 2021

In Forged in Crisis, Nancy Koehn focuses on five quite different leaders who exemplify the power of courage in turbulent times: Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson. These are among her comments about Frederick Douglass:…

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Courageous Leadership: Ernest Shackleton

July 5, 2021

In Forged in Crisis, Nancy Koehn focuses on five quite different leaders who exemplify the power of courage in turbulent times: Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson. These are among her comments about Shackleton: Although…

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Courageous Leadership: Abraham Lincoln

July 2, 2021

In Forged in Crisis, Nancy Koehn focuses on five quite different leaders who exemplify the power of courage in turbulent times: Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson. These are among her most thoughtful comments about…

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Courageous Leadership: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

June 18, 2021

In Forged in Crisis, Nancy Koehn focuses on five quite different leaders who exemplify the power of courage in turbulent times: Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson. These are among her comments about Bonhoeffer: “Despite…

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Abraham Lincoln & Willpower: A Profile

July 3, 2018

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Nancy Koehn for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. In Forged in Crisis, She offers a brilliant discussion of five quite remarkable people, each of whom is indeed a…

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Quirky: A book review by Bob Morris

February 15, 2018

Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World Melissa A. Schilling PublicAffairs (2/13/18) “What makes some people spectacularly innovative?” Melissa Schilling poses that question and then focuses on eight serial breakthrough…

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Forged in Crisis: A book review by Bob Morris

December 4, 2017

Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Uncertain Times Nancy Koehn Scribner/An imprint of Simon & Schuster (October 2017) Five otherwise ordinary people who “led from their humanity” when achieving greatness Nancy Koehn spent at least ten years…

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The road to America leads through Gettysburg

November 20, 2013

* * * Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Nancy F. Koehn for the Washington Post. To read the complete article, check out other resources, obtain subscription information, and sign up for email alerts, please click here.…

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Gijus van Wulfen on “10 Practical Innovation Lessons from Great Explorers”

September 28, 2013

In The Innovation Expedition, Gijus van Wulfen identifies and discusses lessons to be learned from great explorers such as Roald Amundsen, Neil Armstrong, Christopher Columbus, Yuri Gagarin, Edmund Hillary, David Livingston, Ferdinand Magellan, and Ernest Shackleton. All of these them…

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