The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

While the metaverse sprang to public attention with the renaming of Facebook earlier this year, the phrase was coined back in 1996 in Neal Stephenson’s book Snow Crash, in which the science fiction author described an immersive version of the internet that was accessed via virtual reality.

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Building Personal Strength

MAY 5, 2013

Louise Carus Mahdi, et al (1996); and From Boys to Men: Spiritual Rites of Passage in an Indulgent Age , by Bret Stephenson (2006). Modern adolescents feel the same powerful need to break away from childhood, prove themselves, find their identity, and be acknowledged by and accepted into the adult community.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

As the barrier dissolves between political and commercial power structures, the book raises questions about large multinationals whose budgets are bigger than small countries’ and CEOs who have growing roles as statespeople. William Gibson famously coined the term “cyberspace” in his 1984 masterpiece Neuromancer.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

Then there's another view, which I heard from author Neal Stephenson in an MIT lecture hall last week. Stephenson was clearly trying to be provocative. A hundred years from now, he said, we might look back on the late 20th and early 21st century and say, "It was an actively creative society.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

Specifically, closing a deal requires identifying three key stakeholders who have the power to influence the decision: champions, decision makers, and blockers. In fact, champions rarely have significant power in the organization—but they know who does and their expertise is usually respected. They have the decision maker’s ear.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2013

Just because a salesman says he needs a reference from Boeing to close a deal doesn''t mean that he really does, or that some lesser known brand might not furnish a more powerful proof point. Often, the key customers in these areas aren''t the everyday brand names. Marquee is good, a perfect match is better. Use LinkedIn.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2017

And in an emotional recounting of his black friend’s experience outside the office that went viral on YouTube, AT&T chairman Randall Stephenson encouraged employees to get to know each other better. That’s obviously good for business.

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