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Ambition – It’s Not a Dirty Word
The Future of Everything There is a story about President Reagan in his final years, where he took a miniature White House out of a fish tank, and held it tightly. When his wife, Nancy, asked him what he had, he replied that he did not know, but he thought it had...
Narrowing the Generational Divide
The Future of Everything Prejudice is just plain ugly, no matter what group it is directed at. I was reminded of this sad fact this morning as I pondered an unrecognized bias that is critically important to all of our futures and needs to be addressed immediately. I...
There is No Silver Bullet
The Future of Everything I have to wonder where all the great leaders are in our presidential politics. Those of a Democratic persuasion are not running because the party has already chosen their candidate, for good or bad. The Republicans seem to have a field of...
Thrust Leadership Upon Them
The Future of Everything Shakespeare once said, “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” In leadership theory and practice, all apply. Our primary goal as a leader is to make more leaders. This is no easy thing to do....
The Social Animal, That Used To Be Us
Our lives are a rich swirl of interacting emotions, fears, excitement, intuition and souls moved by the invisible forces of humanity. And for the most part, when we are healthy, we love this about being human. We love it to an extent. When we have to deliver bad news,...
The Key to Strategic Leverage
The Future of Everything The Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu once said, “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.” In the vast arena of business, strategy seems to be well known and professed...
That’s How a Leader Rolls
The day started at 8AM sharp at a board meeting, but when I showed up it had been cancelled. I then proceeded to the Republic on Elm to meet my first appointment at 9:30AM. With an hour to spear, I parked the car, got out to check if the restaurant had yet opened. It...
It’s Hard to be Extraordinary
Last week I had lunch with a business friend, and we were talking about friends who are extraordinary, or trying to be. These are the truly exceptional who have endless energy and vision, and keep pushing forward. My lunch partner then made the statement that to...
Lost Hope and Leadership – The Obama Case
During the last election I had the opportunity to meet with both Candidate Barack Obama and his Deputy Campaign Manager Steve Hildebrand. They wanted an independent perspective, and at the time (July 2007) I believed candidate Obama was coming across as a junior...
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