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Can lessons from the past help Joe Biden today?
April 6, 2021The protagonists of our two previous posts, Charles De Gaulle and Margaret Thatcher, are illustrations of a point I...
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An impressive tale of transformation
March 16, 2021The previous post, about Charles de Gaulle’s use of narrative and historical symbol, led some readers to ask if...
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A type of discourse Joe Biden should avoid
February 1, 2021After the last post, it was gratifying to receive so many favorable comments about my views on Joe Biden,...
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Our world now needs stories of inclusion and unity
January 18, 2021In the last post of 2020, I remarked that Joe Biden had positively impressed me with a powerful personal...
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A veritable story of identity from the incoming president!
December 14, 2020Last time, I stated that I had not seen any true examples of “leading by autobiography” on the part...
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Is Joe Biden better than Hillary was at telling stories of identity?
November 28, 2020Recently, a fair number of people in my world have asked about how I now see Joe Biden’s use...
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Searching for Joe Biden’s story
June 21, 2020It seems that every four years, history repeats itself, and something causes me to write about US politics. Of...
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Business students and narrative recall
September 9, 2019The previous post provided some detail about a phenomenon that began to fascinate me more and more, at the...
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Story is what connects unusual pairs of effective leaders
December 6, 2018In the previous post, I referenced my doctoral research—specifically my use of “unlikely pairs”. During those years, in fact,...
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What do outstanding leaders have in common?
November 27, 2018When I was preparing my TED talk in the Netherlands last March, I was considering telling a few personal...