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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Rob Bell’s The Heretic

Joseph Lalonde

Rob Bell rose to fame in West Michigan as he began preaching at Mars Hill church and started a series of short films that were spiritual reflections on life. This seemed to be the general consensus from those I watched the movie with as well. It is definitely a thought provoking film and will leave you questioning things.

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Nigeria’s GDP Just Doubled on Paper: What It Means in Practice

Harvard Business Review

There is a general consensus among economic analysts and commentators that the changes are merely cosmetic — they certainly do not affect the daily lives of most average Nigerians, and their timing might be politically motivated given the upcoming 2015 elections which are expected to be highly contested.

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The Iron Lady's Failed Mid-Career Transition

Harvard Business Review

In the film, we see an old and diminished Maggie flashing back to the pinnacle of her power. In one of my favorite moments from a mid-90's BBC documentary about Thatcher, she is asked about her legendary aversion to consensus.

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Make Your Strategy More Agile

Harvard Business Review

The team didn’t leave with consensus on their strategy, but they accomplished enough to refine the concepts, make a final decision, and get board approval within the following couple of weeks. Tell the story as it unfolds through words, drawings, audio, photos, or film. Capture every single word that is spoken.

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Health Care for 1% of the Cost

Harvard Business Review

There is a general consensus that U.S. Jivacate fabricated a prosthetic leg for Baby Mosha , a 7 month-old elephant, who was injured in a landmine in 2009 — a remarkable medical achievement captured in the award winning documentary film The Eyes of Thailand. healthcare needs major reform. Most definitely. In the U.S.,

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How Criticism Creates Innovative Teams

Harvard Business Review

There''s a lot of discussion on how leaders ought to cast a vision, gain buy-in, or steer a group to consensus. During the long process of creating a blockbuster film, the teams at Pixar rely on criticism to make their work stronger. What Sloan was looking for was something many of us seek to eliminate: dissent.

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Have Our Attitudes About Sexual Harassment Really Changed?

Harvard Business Review

The self-congratulatory consensus seems to be that things are different now than they were in 2004, the last time O’Reilly faced a major uproar over his conduct with a coworker. But the most common, and the most general, perspective is that life in corporate America has changed.

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