Month: December 2025
Henry Youngman has created quite a career for himself by “borrowing” and then using other comedians’ material. For example: * * * A man is at the bar, drunk. I pick him up off the floor, and offer to take…
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Winning Match: Leadership for Game Changers Christian Marcolli Munn Avenue Press (October 2025) How to accelerate leadership development within a workplace culture I agree with Christian Marcolli: Among the defining characteristics that all great leaders share in common, [begin…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written Bob Sternfels and Daniel Pacthod for McKinsey Quarterly. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Thadaeus Phelps/Getty * * *…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Laura Field for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Photo illustration by Daniel…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written byDarrell Rigby and Zach First for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: James Day *…
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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making — Practical Leadership and Startup Advice from Silicon Valley Tony Fadddell HarperBusiness (May 2022) “Everything begins with asking ‘Why?’” Simon Sinek I agree with Sinek who agrees with Peter Drucker: “There…
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Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) was a Polish-born American film pioneer, a legendary producer who helped build Hollywood by co-founding early studios (like the one that became MGM), creating independent production power, and bringing classics like The Best Years of Our Lives to screen,…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Miko Okada *…
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I am grateful to the International Movie Data Base (IMDb) for the abundance of resources it provides about the entertainment industry. For example, about a multiple Academy Award Winner, Martin Scorsese. Born 1942, he is a legendary American film director,…
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West of Eden: The rise and fall of Jack L. Warner’s paradise.
Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Jean Stein and published by The New Yorker (February 16, 1998). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please…
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