Frederick Douglass

Dignity in a Digital Age: A Book Review by Bob Morris

March 1, 2024

Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us Ro Khanna Simon & Schuster (February 2022) How technology can advance democratic patriotism bv respecting the dignity of every American I agree with these observations by the late…

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

November 6, 2021

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass; with an Introduction by Debra Newman Ham and Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone/A Wiley Imprint (August 2021) “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Frederick Douglass There are…

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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: 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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Brain Food Nuggets (11-20)

October 16, 2013

Another buffet awaits: o “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou o “Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to…

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