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Climbing the Ladder of Inference

You're Not the Boss of Me

This post, from 2010, is about how easy it is to make assumptions; how doing so can get us into trouble and how being aware of our thought processes can help us avoid some of the more unpleasant consequences that come from leaping to conclusions. Do you assume that everyone will have everything they need to fully participate in the meeting?

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Procter & Gamble and Innovation in Asia

Harvard Business Review

A*STAR Managing Director Low Teck Seng used that phrase to describe how Singapore appears on a map. He noted how there were more than 20 million electric bikes sold in China in 2010, many of them to women or other non-traditional vehicle purchasers. "As The Red Dot." As common as possible, as different as needed."

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An Interview with Larry Spears, a Servant-Leadership Legend

Modern Servant Leader

And in 2010, the servant-leadership scholar position was started. I invited Stephen Covey to write a foreword and Peter Senge to write an afterword and each of them did a fantastic job in what they had to share about servant-leadership and Greenleaf’s book, Servant Leadership. I just finished teaching my 50th class.

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An Interview with Larry Spears, a Servant-Leadership Legend

Modern Servant Leader

And in 2010, the servant-leadership scholar position was started. I invited Stephen Covey to write a foreword and Peter Senge to write an afterword and each of them did a fantastic job in what they had to share about servant-leadership and Greenleaf’s book, Servant Leadership. I just finished teaching my 50th class.

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