It seems lately that I am writing about things I have heard famous people say. I’m not sure I sure I know why. Perhaps I have been in sponge mode unconsciously looking for ideas. Perhaps ideas I’ve heard have had a certain cache that caught my attention. In any case I was listening to Andrew Ross Sorkin the author of Too Big to Fail at a lecture in my local library Friday night. He was
Full Story →Congress is considering regulations of the financial industry. I recently went to a fascinating lecture by Douglas Rushkoff – the social and media theorist- on how our economy got skewed toward the “need” of capital rather than the need of people or production. In other words when banks can no longer make money from loans to individuals and businesses that produce goods or services, they begin to find ways to make money from money, hence
Full Story →Two consultants for McKinsey & Company did extensive research with women leaders over a 5 year period. Then wrote and published a book this month with the title of this post – How Remarkable Women Lead. They called the model they discovered “centered leadership”. To be a centered leader requires preconditions of talent, a desire to lead, and tolerance for change. Then they found 5 dimensions. They say it all begins with meaning. Doing what
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