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Politics and narrative: why people need a human story
January 30, 2018My recent forays into political commentary have elicited a number of reactions from people who have been following my...
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How Oprah’s story connects with us on a basic human level
January 19, 2018Last time, I referenced some of the reactions in the worldwide press to Oprah Winfrey’s acceptance speech at the...
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Using storytelling to understand probability
January 6, 2018Last week, my brief remarks for year end alluded to my coming across a number of articles that address...
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A flawed argument from Hillary Clinton’s book, What Happened
November 24, 2017In the last post, I referenced Hillary Clinton’s declaration that her background and upbringing were not very interesting, particularly...
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Social media under scrutiny
November 3, 2017This week, we seem to be completely awash in information about social media and polarization, which is of course...
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What went so wrong for Hillary?
December 29, 2016After Donald Trump’s highly improbable journey toward the presidency of the United States, the media provided a multitude of explanations,...
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A village takes a stand
September 16, 2016There is one type of leadership story that I have a particular affinity for: tales of common citizens who...
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The failure of systems thinking at General Motors
August 15, 2014In the past few weeks, since preparing my remarks for the Harvard class on systems thinking, I have been...
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Cleaning up some “loose ends”
April 26, 2013This week and next, I will “close” on two subjects I have recently promised to return to. Today, I...
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The evolving MBA will be more and more “blended”
March 22, 2013We closed last time with the increasingly pertinent question in today’s world. As technological innovation spreads throughout the world...