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“America is an irradiated wasteland. Within it lies a city. Outside the boundary walls, a desert. A cursed earth. Inside the walls, a cursed city, stretching from Boston to Washington D.C. An unbroken concrete landscape. 800 million people living in the ruin of the old world and the mega structures of the new one. Mega …
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“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” – Vincent van Gough Leadership is in crisis. Strong words perhaps, but being a ‘leader’ is a privilege yet many of our leaders …
“There is no way out of the imagined order. When we break our prison walls and run towards freedom, we are in fact running into the more spacious exercise yard of a bigger prison.” -Yuval Noah Harari Innovation is not about tech and it's not about tools--sorry business model canvas (mission model canvas), design thinking, …
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Leadership Strategy- in today's world of "leaders" it is often quickly set aside, disregarded, or viewed as antiquated. Perhaps it is my own baggage that I carry, but without strategy how does a leader know where s/he is going or where the organization is headed? That said, there is still something unseen in a true …
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“A critic is a legless man who teaches running” Channing Pollock “A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.” Kenneth Tynan (English theatre Critic, 1927-1980) “It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic” Winston Churchill I guess as …
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All Along the Watchtower...can a remake, copy, be as good of better than the original? Innovation is not always about creating something entirely new. This is a great story--when you read what Bob Dylan had to say about Jimi Hendrix and what he did to the original version...two very different artists with incredible respect for …
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“A nation of warriors and fanatics, marching forward in perfect unity, all thinking the same thoughts and shouting the same slogans, perpetually working, fighting, triumphing, persecuting - three hundred million people all with the same face.” - George Orwell - 1984 Could just be me (a lot of times...it is) but don't we need …
An updated version of this post can be found published with GiANT Worldwide as well. ________________________________________________________ “Now is not a time for sadness and despair, but a time for heroes, champions, in great deeds” -anonymous We talk about heroes, and we all have certain images come to mind. It might be an image of …
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By J. William DeMarco Status quo or in Latin statu quo is literally..."the state in which." Several years ago I attended commander's conference hosted by a Major General. The General was quick to make the point that there are three kinds of commanders: 1) Those that make the organization better 2) Those that make the …
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