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Best Leadership Books of 2011

Leading Blog

In all of this information there is the sense too, that perhaps we have lost the wisdom we need and that maybe some new thing will help us to avoid what we already know and don’t want to do. These books speak to our need to rethink our core thinking, beliefs and motivations—to do the uncomfortable. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.

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The Epilogue to the Epilogue of the Epilogue

Steve Farber

I’ve just learned that he’s been accepted to the UT RTF Screenwriting MFA program. I’ve just learned that he’s been accepted to the UT RTF Screenwriting MFA program. I’m not suggesting that I really had anything to do with that–like I said, he’s gifted–but, man, it sure feels awesome.

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Requiring Companies to Disclose Climate Risks Helps Everyone

Harvard Business Review

In the movie Forrest Gump , the protagonist becomes a very rich man due to a natural disaster and its unforeseen business consequences. When he first enters the shrimp boating business, Forrest catches no shrimp. His fortunes change when a hurricane strikes and his boat is the only one to survive the disaster.