21 Curated Summer Book Lists for 2021
So far, Summer 2021 thankfully looks different from this time last year. One similarity, though, is the prevalence of summer books lists. Continuing my tradition from last year and previous
Leadership Now and in the Next 25 Years: Leader to Leader Issue 100
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
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27 Curated Quotes on Writing, Research, and Creativity from Deborah Kalb Book Q&As
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,
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3 Questions for Emi Makino, Author of Innovation Makers: How Campus Makerspaces Can Empower Students to Change the World
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,
3 Questions for Glenna Lang, Author of Jane Jacobs’s First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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:
Peter Drucker’s Advice, Questions, and Challenges for College Graduates and Beyond
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,
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Celebrating Leader to Leader 100 With 100 Great Books
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
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35 Years of Drucker, 25 Years of Teaching
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
Jane Jacobs, Glenna Lang, and Scranton: The Power of Observation
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,
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Walking With Julia Cameron on The Listening Path
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