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Eno or Beethoven?
Walking along Harrow Road in London in the mid-1970s, the art-rock pop star and former Roxy Music band member, Brian Eno, suddenly tripped, fell off …
The Best of the Greeks?
Who is the best of the Greeks? According to Homer, it was Achilles, their greatest fighter of the Trojan War. Except Achilles was a demigod, …
The Hell That Is Good Intentions
You know what the main trouble is with the old saying, “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions?” The fact that it’s actually …
All Culture is Kintsugi Culture
Let’s say one day you break a coffee cup by dropping it on the floor. Nothing fancy, but an irreplaceable piece of great sentimental value …
A Culture Crash?
In 1995, two years before he came back to run Apple, Steve Jobs made an interesting point. He was asked why Apple (which fired him …
How Formula 1 Will Save the Free World
Netflix’s ‘Drive to Survive’ has transformed and turbocharged the Formula One (F1) business. The series beautifully depicts dramatic stories of power, money, ever-changing status, and, …
Business Lessons from Atticus Finch
Atticus Finch, the patriarch in one of the great post-war novels, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” is a very compelling character. When we first open the book, …
Don’t Cede the Lead
Innovation is an infinite game, and the second an organization stops playing that game is the second it begins to cede the lead. As Jeff …
The Second Job of a Leader
Napoleon didn’t conquer most of Europe all by himself. He had other people helping him, of course. Literally armies of them. The reality is, it’s …
How To Create A Movement
Symbols are a funny thing. We all know what they are…. But do we really? What is it about, say, the Pride Flag, a piece …
The Art of Opting Out
As the old saying goes, “no response is still a response.” And it’s precisely the response Apple CEO, Tim Cook, recently gave to Elon Musk. …
The Clues to Success
As Tony Robbins says,“success leaves clues.” Whenever there is a great accomplishment, we like to examine it, reengineer it, decode it, and learn a lesson …
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