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Leadership Lessons From Movies

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Toward the beginning of Joseph Lalonde ’s book, Reel Leadership , he shares, “We’re going to delve into the leaderships lessons we can find in movies. We’re going to discover that movies are a fantastic way to learn, grow, and engross yourself in leadership. I want to encourage you to think of movies as visual fables.

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Discovering The Hidden Leadership Lessons In Movies

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Toward the beginning of Joseph Lalonde ’s new book, Reel Leadership , he shares, “We’re going to delve into the leaderships lessons we can find in movies. We’re going to discover that movies are a fantastic way to learn, grow, and engross yourself in leadership. I want to encourage you to think of movies as visual fables.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I believe in the power of books to change the world. That is not a particularly radical belief among librarians, but I hope to make you believe even more in the power of books. Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans.

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What the Vietnam War and the Stockdale Paradox Can Teach Us About How to Face 2022

The MatrixFiles

Jim Collins , the author of several of my favorite business books ( Built to Last and Good to Great ), got to know Admiral Stockdale at Stanford University many years ago. Finding joy where I can , including walks in the snow, movie night at home, new accounts at work, amazing clients, Zooms with college buddies, and my amazing family.

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How the Air and Space Museum is Using Virtual Docents

The MatrixFiles

Andy Weir also wrote The Martian, which was a great movie and an even better book. Both The Martian and Project Hail Mary are adventure books set in space. If you love space stuff and science fiction, buy this book. My younger son and I are listening to Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.

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New poll reveals growing interest in charitable gifts and scaled back holiday spending

Charity Village

The results of a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of CanadaHelps reveals that nearly half of Canadians (47%) would prefer to receive a charitable gift that makes an impact such as a Charity Gift Card, eCard, or charitable gift instead of a material present like a sweater, movie pass, candles, books, or technology this […].

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The Networked Nonprofit Book Arrived!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, an advanced copy of our book, The Networked Nonprofit , arrived. My son, Harry, who is in video making summer camp, decided to make a little movie of me opening the book! Here are a few upcoming book launch events over the next two weeks: June 17, 2010. Virtual Book Launch. San Francisco Book Party.

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