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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

Gardner also quotes Scott Armstrong, “an expert on forecasting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania” on his “seer-sucker theory: No matter how much evidence exists that seers do not exist, suckers will pay for the existence of seers.”. Tetlock then correlated their level of fame to the accuracy of their forecast.

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Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders?A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

A Better Way to Evaluate Leadership Poitential Jeffrey Cohn and Jay Moran Jossey-Bass (2011) How and why to cope with a leadership evaluation and development crisis to produce more effective leaders As Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis suggest in Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls, leaders [.].

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Rascals

Chris Brady

Armstrong called "the most efficient andcruelly repressive secret police in Europe."   As more and more British soldiers came into the hospital,Jongh felt the increasing pull to do something about it.   From therethe airmen would be returned by ship to Britain to fight again.

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Loud and Clear: Six Tips for Communicating in a Way That Truly.

Strategy Driven

For example, Neil Armstrong used the six hours and forty minutes between his moon landing and first step to craft his historic statement. Nancy’s firm has worked with the top brands and thought leaders in the world helping them develop their presentations. Use catchy words. Take time to carefully craft a few messages with catchy words.

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The Booger Therom Of Good Living

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Booger Theorem Of Good Living by Starbucker on June 17, 2010 Curtis Armstrong, aka "Booger" Remember the character “Booger&# in “ Revenge of the Nerds “? I loved that guy. Popularity: 2% [ ?

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Thoughts about Jared Lee Loughner - Feelings of Compassion for the.

Building Personal Strength

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Thoughts about Jared Lee Loughner - Feelings of Compassion for the Victims of the January 8 Shooting On Saturday, January 8, 2011, over 250,000 people on Earth died. But on Saturday, January 8, 2011, these six people, all Americans, died in Tucson, Arizona: - John Roll, 63, Arizonas chief federal judge.

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A Short History of Radio Explains the iPhone’s Success

Harvard Business Review

Armstrong’s Killer App. Edwin Howard Armstrong was a science prodigy. In 1934, the same year that the FRC became the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Armstrong was perfecting a new radio technology that offered superior reception: “high fidelity.” Steve Jobs was the Baby Boomer version of Armstrong.