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I’m super-excited that the special 100th issue (Spring 2021) of Leader to Leader, the journal I edit, has now published. We asked the authors, some of whom have written for …
Leadership Now and in the Next 25 Years: Leader to Leader Issue 100 Read More »
This follows up on my December 1, 2020 post about Deborah Kalb’s author interviews, with 27 quotes from her Q&As appearing last December until June 9. As with that post, …
27 Curated Quotes on Writing, Research, and Creativity from Deborah Kalb Book Q&As Read More »
The importance of large-scale innovation has been underscored recently by the Endless Frontier Act, currently under consideration in the United States Congress. It’s been written about recently in The Economist, …
Last month, I wrote about the publication of Glenna Lang’s excellent new book Jane Jacobs’s First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania. The arrival of the book coincided with Observe Scranton: …
At this time of year I find it helpful to revisit some of Peter Drucker’s most important advice to college graduates and others who are about to embark on careers, …
Peter Drucker’s Advice, Questions, and Challenges for College Graduates and Beyond Read More »
The Spring 2021 special 100th issue of Leader to Leader will publish any day now. This year also marks 25 years of publication; and ten years since I became Managing …
Celebrating Leader to Leader 100 With 100 Great Books Read More »
This May marks 35 years of my intense study of the life and work of Peter Drucker. The first day of class in the 1986 summer semester at The Catholic …
May 4, 2021 marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of Jane Jacobs, the urban activist/theorist/author from Scranton, Pennsylvania, where I was born and raised. The city will honor Jacobs, …
Jane Jacobs, Glenna Lang, and Scranton: The Power of Observation Read More »
Listening is in danger of becoming just another overused buzzword, especially in the organizational world. One possibility for saving it from that fate is Julia Cameron’s new book, The Listening …
Walking With Julia Cameron on The Listening Path Read More »
One of the best things about growing up in Scranton, Pa., in the 1950s and 1960s was following the local pro basketball team, the Scranton Miners. In my post last …