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Ten Fascinating Presidential Facts You May Not Already Know

November 5, 2022

Here is a brief article by Li Zhou that I came upon in Smithsonian magazine. To check out others, please click here. * * * Think you’ve got a firm handle on the presidents? The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia from Smithsonian Books just…

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The Genius of Richard Florida: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

April 27, 2022

Richard Florida is author of the global best-sellers, The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your City? A more recent book,The Great Reset, explains how new ways of living and working will drive post-crash prosperity. Other works include The Flight of the Creative…

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The Genius of Richard Florida: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

April 16, 2022

Richard Florida is the author of several global best-sellers: The Rise of the Creative Class, The Breakthrough Illusion, Beyond Mass Production, The Flight of the Creative Class, and Who’s Your City? In The Great Reset, he explains how new ways…

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Pamela Newkirk on the Diversity Imperative: An interview by Bob Morris

November 17, 2019

Pamela Newkirk is a journalist, professor, and multidisciplinary scholar whose work traverses history and journalism. Her book, Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business, was published by Bold Type Books (October 2019). In it, she examines why, after five decades…

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Andy Molinsky on Reaching Beyond the Comfort Zone: An interview by Bob Morris

February 12, 2017

Andy Molinsky is a Professor of International Management and Organizational Behavior at Brandeis University’s International Business School, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. He is the author of the new book Reach: A New Strategy to Help…

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Five “Key Myths” About a Comfort Zone

January 28, 2017

Some of the most valuable material in Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge and Build Confidence is provided in the Chapter Nine when Andy Molinsky shares his thoughts about what…

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Vox Takes Melding of Journalism and Technology to a New Level

April 10, 2014

Throughout my career, wherever I lived, I have subscribed to The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal as well as to the local newspaper(s): The Boston Globe, and then (since 1976) the Dallas Morning News and also the Times…

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Maria Konnikova: An interview by Bob Morris

February 26, 2013

Maria Konnikova is the author of the New York Times bestseller, MASTERMIND: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes. She writes the weekly “Literally Psyched” column for Scientific American, where she explores the intersection of literature and psychology, and formerly wrote the…

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The Narcissistic Leader: Not as Good as He (Or You) May Think

February 1, 2013

Maria Konnokova‘s instant bestseller, Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, was published by Viking on January 3, 2013, and remains on the New York Times bestseller list. Here is a brief excerpt from a blog post of hers that…

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Toby Lester: An interview by Bob Morris

December 16, 2012

Toby Lester is a journalist, an editor, and an independent scholar. In addition to writing books, he is a longtime contributor to The Atlantic, for whom he has written extensively, on such topics as the reconstruction of ancient Greek music,…

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