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Winning Starts with A-Players
Possibly the most impressive structure of Late Antiquity were the Theodosian Walls, the largest defensive city walls in the Byzantine Empire built in the 5th Century …
Are You Keeping Your Word?
Back in the old days (think Ancient Greek or Viking times), our word was considered VERY important. We took an oath VERY seriously, and if …
Who Decides What’s Symbolic?
Who decided that this sparkle symbol means “A.I.”? The sparkle symbol has been around for a long time, but it’s never had a clear, stand-out …
Why Loneliness Can Kill Us
During the Battle of the Bulge, the U.S. Army had an onboarding problem. According to the renowned WWII historian Stephen Ambrose, their process for recruiting …
The Internet is Iteration
Even though he’s as rich and famous as a movie star, and never has to work ever again, the standup comedian and podcaster, Joe Rogan …
How Many Volts?
Nothing happens until someone feels something. In the critically acclaimed show Mad Men, Jon Hamm plays Don Draper, a creative director on 1960s Madison Avenue. …
The Sweetest Most Important Sound
“What’s in a name?” Shakespeare asks in Romeo and Juliet. Not much. He says: “That which we call a rose by any other name would …
Simple is Beautiful
There is a common phenomenon among people starting their own business to overplan. People will spend months crafting the perfect integrated marketing strategy, designing the …
The Power of Situationships
Remember Sweethearts, those popular heart-shaped fruit flavored candies that appear every year around Valentine’s Day, with those corny wee messages printed on the front of …
The Right Way is the Hard Way
Jerry Seinfeld was once interviewed by HBR’s Daniel McGinn: McGinn: You and Larry David wrote Seinfeld together, without a traditional writers’ room, and burnout …
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