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Shame On Our Apology Economy

Lead Change Blog

It’s a symptom and sign of the times, a systemic problem of what I believe is society’s making. I may sound like an idealist (I’m unapologetically so), but we the people wield a lot more power than we give ourselves credit for… or exercise…these days. Societal mores made a difference.

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From CEO to Novelist: Not without Perseverance

In the CEO Afterlife

Rather it is a business book, Do Less Better: The Power of Strategic Sacrifice in a Complex World. . “At The golden parachute was nice, but the passion and the purpose was suddenly gone.”. The quintessential CEO has all the support systems. Last month, a U.S. publishing house released Mr. Bell’s first book.

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From CEO to Novelist: Not without Perseverance

In the CEO Afterlife

Rather it is a business book, Do Less Better: The Power of Strategic Sacrifice in a Complex World. . “At The golden parachute was nice, but the passion and the purpose was suddenly gone.”. The quintessential CEO has all the support systems. Last month, a U.S. publishing house released Mr. Bell’s first book.

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The Great Splintering

Harvard Business Review

Blow up the financial system? There's looting your local superstore — and then there's, as Nobel Laureates Akerlof and Romer discussed in a paper now famous among geeks, there's looting a bank, a financial system, a corporation.or Here's a state-subsidized bonus. Steal a video game? You're toast." (To an entire economy.