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Socrates on Communication

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Bettany Hughes, author of The Hemlock Cup —a fascinating portrait of Socrates and Athenian society—says that “He reminds us to keep debating the meaning of life, to keep questioning, to keep speaking to one another, to keep looking for answers. However you value him, you cannot argue with the central tenet of his philosophy. Because he beseeches mankind not to be thought-less.”.

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Leading As One: Generating Collective Behavior

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To be successful in the world we’re entering, we will need a new set of mental models. While these new models should not exclude the possibility of commanding and controlling, they need to encompass a much wider range of possibilities. —Thomas Malone, The Future of Work. The challenge facing any leader is turning individual action into collective power.

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