Novelist Nicholson Baker has written an important and provocative book, Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, The End of Civilization. …
Margaret Thatcher Leadership | Tigress Surrounded by Hamsters
The London Daily Telegraph eulogizes "the greatest peacetime prime minister." …
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Margaret Thatcher Indispensable Leader
Personality and charm and motivation can be brilliant baubles of charismatic leadership as it’s experienced by others in real-time. The test of time is more demanding. It’s focused on results. …
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Unrestrained, Unethical Individuals Invalidate Institutional Integrity
The historic crisis of confidence in elites has suddenly, unexpectedly, forcefully jumped across institutions, like an uncontrolled wildfire bursting through a clearing. The extent of damage is …
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Incumbent or Insurgent or Revolutionary?
It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy. —Steve Jobs This quotation is iconic, representing Steve Jobs and Apple: vigorous, irrepressible, courageous, brash. It distills the essence of …
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