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Vicksburg: The Bloody Siege That Turned the Tide of the Civil War Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. Regnery History (June 2018)) Why Vicksburg was essential to winning the Civil War Briefly, in May and June of 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S.…
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They have been widely recognized as great male actors in great dramatic films and yet under-appreciated for their great comic skills. Here are six, listed in alpha order: Gene Hackman: Superman (1978) and The Birdcage (1996) He was born on January…
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“The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” William Gibson When I first encountered that comment years ago, I was immediately reminded of a sign I once saw in a tavern near the Yale campus: “Free…
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Postman Cliff CLavin (John Ratzenberger) was one of the regulars at Cheers, a neighborhood bar near Boston Garden in the downtown area. Another regular, Frazier Crane ( Kelsey Grammer), once asked Cliff, “In your world, what color is the sky?”…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an interview for 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 receive email alerts,…
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Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. * * * Being a perfectionist isn’t easy, especially if your…
Read MoreAll organizations need people at every level and in all areas who can make smart decisions, especially when having less information than they would prefer. This is what Warren Bennis and Noel Tichy have in mind in their classic work, Judgment,…
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The late Sir Kenneth Robinson (March 1950-August 2020) was a British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. He was Director of the Arts in Schools Project (1985–89) and Professor…
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The best career advice I have as yet encountered
Many years ago during Richard Brown’s interview of Rod Steiger, he asked the great actor if young people ever asked him for career advice. “Oh yeh, sure, sure, sure. All the time. “And I always ask them the same question:…
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