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Charles Jacoby on Agility: An interview by Bob Morris

November 3, 2019

Charles Jacoby is a retired United States Army general who served as the fifth Commander of United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and the 22nd Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Jacoby was the first army officer to assume…

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What the Most Successful People Alive Share in Common

December 19, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Gillian Zoe Segal, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * For my new…

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Reinventing Society in the Wake of Big Data: A Conversation with Alex (“Sandy”) Pentland

August 31, 2015

According to John Brockman, Publisher & Editor, Edge.org, “With Big Data we can now begin to actually look at the details of social interaction and how those play out, and are no longer limited to averages like market indices or…

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Building a Winning Political Team

July 17, 2015

Above: Ronald Reagan and his presidential-campaign chairman, William Casey, in June 1980. Ronald Reagan knew how to do it. So did Bill Clinton. Their secret? They ignored the conventional wisdom. Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by…

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Here’s a wealth of wisdom to accelerate personal growth and professional development

April 22, 2015

In Getting There: A Book of Mentors, published by Abrams Image (April 14, 2015), Gillian Zoe Segal has assembled a wealth of information, insights, and counsel from the mini-memoirs of thirty prominent men and women. Here are four who share…

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Invaluable Life Lessons from the Crucible of Human Experience

April 3, 2015

I am grateful to Erik Michielsen for letting me know about Capture Your Flag and its Near Peer resources. Briefly, a Near Peer is someone who has recently been through a situation you are facing now. Their story is your…

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Big Ideas: Google’s Larry Page and “the gospel of 10x”

February 4, 2015

Here is a brief but timely excerpt from an interview of Google co-founder and CEO, Larry Page, by Steven Levy that appeared in the March 2013 issue of Wired magazine. To read the complete article, c heck out others, and…

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Anne-Marie Slaughter on why “Caring is our most important work”

June 6, 2014

Here is a portion of Stew Friedman’s conversation with Anne-Marie Slaughter during which she explains why she thinks that “caring is our most important work.” The conversation is part of a series sponsored by Wharton School’s Work/Life Integration Project. Work…

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Josh Linkner on “Conquering with Humor”

February 14, 2014

Here is an article by Josh Linker featured by his website. In it, he explains how to use humor, one of his favorite strategies, “to defuse a combative situation.” To read other articles and sign up for email alerts, please…

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Find Your Superpower and Use It

November 30, 2013

Here is a recent Josh Linkner latest blog post in which he suggests that each of us possesses a “superpower” of one kind or another. First, recognize it. Next, understand and appreciate it. Then make more effective use of it,…

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