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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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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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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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Oprah for president?
January 12, 2018Today, I write once again while sitting on an airplane, this time heading for a few days of work...
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Keep Walking
June 23, 2017Last Thursday, following my speaking engagement at the JW Marriott Hotel in Lima, I went for a late afternoon...
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A trail of excuses and missed opportunities
June 8, 2017In the April 5th edition of The Financial Times, columnist Edward Luce penned a thought-provoking article entitled “Beware of...
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On Hillary Clinton’s discourse: Where was the story that lets us inside?
May 31, 2017Last time, I wrote about Hillary Clinton’s exceedingly weak response in a Meet the Press interview from March 22,...
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The sheer power of repetition in political discourse
May 19, 2017In the last post, we looked at some rather unique elements of President Trump’s approach to speech-making. Whatever one’s...