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George Lucas on His LIfe and Work

February 14, 2025

Thank you, IMDb, for providing a wealth of information about  the entertainment world. For example, about the life and work of George Lucas. He was born in 1944 and raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was…

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Philosophy Eats AI

February 13, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Schrage and  David Kiron for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration…

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Road Warrior: After fifty years, Gloria Steinem is still at the forefront of the feminist cause.

February 13, 2025

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Jane Kramer for The New Yorker (October 12, 2015). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Credit:…

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Tom Kelley and David Kelley on “the care and feeding of an innovation team”

February 10, 2025

In Tom Kelley and David Kelley’s book, Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All (Crown Business, October 2013), they offer some excellent advice on the “care and feeding of an innovation team.” Here is an abbreviation of their…

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Building the civilized workplace

February 10, 2025

Here is an excerpt from another classic article written by Robert Sutton for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts,…

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The Cult-Figure Life of Leonardo Da Vinci

February 9, 2025

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Adam Gopnik for The New Yorker (January 9, 2005). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit:…

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Analytical AI: A Better Way to Identify the Right AI Projects

February 8, 2025

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Pedro Amorim, Teresa Bianchi de Aguiar, Luís Guimarães, Bernardo Almada-Lobo, and Bruno Teixeira for MIT Sloan Management Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and…

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The New Yorker Cartoons That Raised Me

February 7, 2025

Here is an excerpt from a classic article written by Roger Angell for The New Yorker (December 7, 1997). To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here.   …

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The Courage Gap: A Book Review by Bob Morris

February 6, 2025

The Courage Gap: 5 Steps to Braver Action Margie Warrell Berrett-Koehler Publishers (January 2024) Here is a lifeline to personal growth and professional development Long ago in Future Shock (1970), Alvin Toffler made this prediction: “The illiterate of the 21st…

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Delighting in the Possible

February 5, 2025

Here is an excerpt from a “classic” article from the McKinsey Quarterly, written by Zafer Achi and Jennifer Garvey Berger and published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for…

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