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Michael Nanfito: An interview by Bob Morris

August 19, 2014

Michael Nanfito is the executive director at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE). Mr. Nanfito sets the vision and strategic direction for NITLE, working closely the member community. He has a background in networked information resources and…

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What it means to be a human being

August 19, 2014

Opinions are divided as to what it means to be a human being. Here are several perspectives that are of special interest and value to me: “The satisfactions of manifesting oneself concretely in the world through manual competence have been…

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Using Experience to Develop Leadership Talent: A book review by Bob Morris

August 19, 2014

Using Experience to Develop Leadership Talent: How Organizations Leverage On-the-Job Development Cynthia McCauley and Morgan McCall, Co-Editors Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2014) How and why knowledge shared with others can have almost incalculable value to everyone involved This is a substantial…

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Daniel J. Levitin: “Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain”

August 18, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by <strong>Dan Levitin</strong> for <em>The New York Times</em> during which he offers some excellent advice on how to do less, do it slower with less stress, and accomplish more that is better.…

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A Brief Interview of Garrison Keillor

August 18, 2014

Here is a brief interview of Garrison Keillor that was featured in The New York Times. The host of A Prairie Home Companion and the author, most recently, of The Keillor Reader collects hymnals, phrase books and tales of heroic collies.…

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A Little History of Literature: A book review by Bob Morris

August 18, 2014

A Little History of Literature John Sutherland Yale University Press (2013) Brilliant perspectives on a wealth of (mostly British) authors and their works Since childhood, I have cherished books as “magic carpets” by which to visit human experiences that would…

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Business Adventures: A book review by Bob Morris

August 17, 2014

Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street John Brooks Open Road Integrated Media (2014) Millions will rush to purchase a copy but how many will actually read it and then apply what they learn? Here is…

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Logan LaHive (chief executive of Belly) in “The Corner Office”

August 17, 2014

Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Logan LaHive, chief executive of…

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Tim Ferriss’ interview of Ed Catmull

August 16, 2014

I am grateful to Tim Ferris for so many reasons, including his published works and his on-going blog. He is a thought leader, to be sure, but also an active participant in so many dimensions of human achievement. He recently…

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Isaiah Berlin on “The Hedgehog and the Fox”

August 16, 2014

In The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy’s View of History, Isaiah Berlin observes: “There is a line among the fragments of the Greek poet Archilochus which says: ‘The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one…

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