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One of our three sons, Geoffrey, introduced me to an especially interesting website — All That Is Interesting (ati) — at which the resources include Camille Poiré’s “Going Out In Style: Famous Last Words Of 19 Greats.” For example, here…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Driek Desmet, Shahar Markovitch, and Christopher Paquette for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm,…
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Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English writer and best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film. He was a thoughtful and sensitive observer of what is often referred to as…
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Bill Bryson is one of my favorite writers. Here is a brief excerpt from Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (1998). “When a celebration was deemed in order, the Puritans were…
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In Lincoln on Leadership for Today: Abraham Lincoln’s Approach to Twenty-First-Century Issues, to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (February 2017), Donald Phillips observes: “Abraham Lincoln was a technology geek. He was fascinated with all kinds of new gadgets and…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Andrew Ng for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…
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In an article published by FastCompany magazine in 2013, execs and investors from Pandora, IDEO, Andreessen Horowitz, SoundCloud, and Kleiner Perkins, among other masters of disruption, share the wisdom they’ve gathered on the way to the top. Here is a…
Read MoreIn Content Inc. Joe Polizzi introduces a six-step process by which to use content marketing to build massive audiences and create a radically successful business. Briefly, “By concentrating on building an audience first and defining products and services second, an…
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The four building blocks of change
Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Tessa Basford and Bill Schaninger for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription…
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