Category: Ideas We Like
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As I toured battlefields, museums and historic ruins recently in Northern Europe, I was struck by this “big” idea, which crystallized particularly in Berlin. That city was devastated by two totalitarian constructs: Nazism and Marxism. For such extreme power to have consolidated to that disruptive degree, I contend that equally powerful stories were required. I’m…
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I believe we must all re-imagine our own leadership methods to chart a very new (and different) near-future.
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Times of adversity are a constraint that can produce incredible creativity. My own productivity kicked into high gear during this period of fear and uncertainty. The race now run, a victory lap’s in order — just long enough to rejoice, reflect and recover — before a return to the starting line.
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A few years ago, I hosted a series of closed-door salons with industry pioneers and our graduate students. In those pre-pandemic days, we met in person, enjoyed some appetizers and communed with visionary leaders from my professional network. As we pondered how to continue to ignite such high-value connections this past year, my successor and…