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In Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin suggests that Abraham Lincoln was an integrative thinker. Specifically, that following his election as President in 1860, Lincoln assembled a cabinet whose members included several of his strongest political opponents: Edwin M. Stanton as…
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Bob Woodward‘s latest book, Fear: Trump in the White House, was published on September 11, 2018. Given recent developments since the publication of it, I decided to revisit an interview of him at a Politics and Prose event at George…
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Explore 10 surprising facts about the civil rights leader that Christopher Klein shares in an article for history.com. Here are four of them. 1. King’s birth name was Michael, not Martin. The civil rights leader was born Michael King Jr. on…
Read MoreDo Good: Embracing Brand Citizenship to Fuel Both Purpose and Profit Anne Bahr Thompson AMACOM (November 2017) How and why purpose and profit can be a winning combination for everyone involved Note: I recently re-read this book, curious to know…
Read MoreHere is a brief excerpt from a major survey report featured by the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and register to…
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The New Leadership Literacies: Thriving in a Future of Extreme Disruption and Distributed Everything Bob Johansen Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2017) “The illiterate of the 21st century will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Alvin Toffler Toffler made that prediction…
Read MoreI hope you and your loved ones have a blessed and joyous holiday season. Blogging on Business will resume in the New Year. Meanwhile, please accept my best wishes and warmest regards.
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This is one of my favorite paintings by Anna Mary Robertson (American, 1860–1961), better known as “Grandma Moses.” I first saw it on exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. According to information provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter 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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