Download the two Synopses Handouts for the Friday, October 7, 2022 First Friday Book Synopsis (over Zoom) — True North: Emerging Leader Edition by Bill George and BLIND SPOT by Jon Clifton (CEO of Gallup)
{Note: you can also still register to attend in-person for the October 7 First Friday Book Synopsis, at the wonderful Park City Club, by clicking here}. In our 25th year! You are invited First Friday Book Synopsis, Friday, October 7, 2022, 7:25 am (Central Time), on Zoom. I hope you can join us! Meeting On Zoom Over 100 people Read More
A crisis of Leadership; moral leadership; a shortage of leaders who lead from a well-developed moral compass – insight and reminder from Bill George, True North
The first two decades of the 21st century have careened from one crisis to the next. At their core, these tragic events can all be traced to failed leadership. …this is a calling to you as emerging leaders of the next generations—Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z—to step up and lead authentically by discovering your Read More
Do you love books? It is a love worth cultivating! – (Reflections on a weekend with my brothers)
Do you love books? It is a love worth cultivating! Do you love to read? Do you read to learn? Do you read to enjoy? Do you read to explore? Do you read to understand? Do you read to expand your thinking? Do you love to read? My older brother is a scientist. A real Read More
Reframing America’s Infrastructure: A Ruins to Renaissance Playbook by Marc Gravely – Here are my five lessons and takeaways
{Infrastructure: the system of public works of a country, state, or region the resources (such as personnel, buildings, or equipment) required for an activity the underlying foundation or basic framework (as of a system or organization)} ——————– My point is simple: we live as dependents on a vast, interconnected web of roads, bridges and other Read More
A New Way to Think by Roger L. Martin – Here are my seven lessons and takeaways
{Before we get to the book, a famous quote from Abraham Lincoln: “The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall Read More
The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan – Here are my six lessons and takeaways
The world of the past few decades has been the best it will ever be in our lifetime. Instead of cheap and better and faster, we’re rapidly transitioning into a world that’s pricier and worse and slower. Because the world—our world—is breaking apart. What you and your parents (and in some cases, grandparents) assumed as Read More
