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He calls himself a climate pragmatist and so therefore is less visible in the national media, yet Jonathan Foley is a rising star and important leader in the U.S. environmental […]
“Taxation without representation,” as James Otis said, “is tyranny.” But taxation with representation is just democratic government.
Over on Ryan Bretag’s blog, Matt Landahl said: I watch principals or superintendents who tweet or blog a lot, and often I wonder what they could be doing in their […]
It has been a couple weeks since I posted the USGS and Smithsonian Institute's Global Volcanism Program Weekly Volcanic Activity Report - being busy with work every day for the […]
So the third suggestion of Hacker and Dreifus in HIGHER EDUCATION concerns avoiding PLAGIARISM. Plagiarism is easier than ever these days--thanks to the abundant resources on the web. And the ingenuity […]
Passionate curiosity, battle-hardened confidence, team smarts, a simple mindset, and fearlessness. These are the qualities most common in top executives. Do you have them?
The ongoing class action lawsuit between Walmart and female workers should make managers think about how company culture influences their hiring and pay decisions.
Want to successfully communicate something? You need to know whether the recipient, at that moment, is hungry for your message or guarded against it, and act accordingly.
A record 34 women made Time magazine's 2011 list of the world's 100 most influential people. But why weren't there 50? And after featuring last year, why is Sarah Palin missing?
Pinpoint the "pride builders" in your organization when you need to implement change. They are a key "viral" factor in igniting the necessary emotional motivation for other workers.
When Moses came down from the mountain, he carried along stone tablets bearing The Ten Commandments—the definitive law of God. An equally definitive word has been passed down in the […]
Watch the dramatic scene unfold as King Henry hesitates to ponder--or does he?--whether to hang his friend Bardolph, which is given dramatic treatment in Kenneth Branagh's 1989 film.
Shakespeare's Henry V is a play full of great motivational speeches and inspiring leadership. Based on actual historical events of the 15th century, the play centers around the climactic Battle […]
People without a conscience don’t need to satisfy the drive to bond and can focus entirely on the drive to acquire, making them more likely to seek leadership positions.
Well the question becomes you know, do these people without conscience, let’s call them PWOC’s is a rather shorthand way for that. Talking about them getting into leadership positions and they probably get into them out of all proportion to a percentage often population, we estimate they maybe 2% to 4% of the population are such people. And we think they get into the leadership positions maybe 8% or 10% of the time, but you know, any percent is a mess because they can wreak havoc in exploiting other people. They probably get there more than others because it’s the only thing they’re looking for in life. You know we got normal people ha
People have been thinking strategically forever, but game theory as a real science dates back less than 100 years to the mathematician Joseph von Neumann.
This game show probability brain teaser has puzzled people for decades. Which door would you pick?
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The first step to applying game theory to your career is to assess your playing field and understand the skills and goals of all the different actors—your bosses, your peers, […]
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How does a leader decide whether to be lenient or to set an example? Nancy Koehn presents this question by drawing from a harrowing scene in Shakespeare's Henry V.
"You put super in front of eruption and I don't imagine it makes it better." - FEMA Sec. Wendy Reiss in Supervolcano. This week in my Freshman Volcanoes class here […]