“On Second Thought…”
I’m currently reading Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About The Sixties, a memoir of ideological disillusionment by David Horowitz and Peter Collier. Coincidentally, Horowitz passed away last week at 86 years old, which has me reflecting more deeply on the themes in the book. For me, it’s also personal. Peter Collier was my boyfriend’s father. I’ve long been fascinated by the arc of these two men—once darlings of the radical left, editors of the infamous Ramparts magazine, and close allies of the Black Panther Party. Years later, they became some of the most influential voices in American conservatism. That kind of transformation doesn’t happen because someone presents a...
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Change Management Is Dead. Long Live Change Leadership.
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Houston we have a culture problem.
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The Surrendered Leader
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Vision 2030: Because Odd Numbers Just Don’t Hit
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Who Owns Tariffs At Your Company? The New Rules of Leadership in 2025
I just got off the phone with the CEO of a global corporation with a $75B market cap who was expressing a common challenge: her team needs to learn...
A Culture for All Generations
Disrupting the way we think about generations to attract, engage, and retain all employees
There’s a real benefit in dismantling the perceptions behind Gen Z or X, or whatever the next trendy label is! Citing extensive academic research from her book, Unfairly Labeled, Jessica provides a refreshingly enlightening and data-driven perspective on how multi-generational organizations can strip away stereotypes and and biases that hinder performance and prevent progress toward a common purpose.
