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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...
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Living forward and looking backward
April 13, 2018In the realm of philosophy, renowned Danish thinker Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) is credited with the following declaration: “Life can...
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Democratizing shopping for the “many” people
March 4, 2018Our previous post closed with a brief discussion of Ingvar Kamprad’s leadership by example, how he both molded and...
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The source of IKEA’s resourcefulness
February 23, 2018Since the company’s beginnings, IKEA and its founder have been characterized by a strong sense of identity that comes...