Leading Thoughts for August 13, 2026
When you are fully engaged in any task—really buckling down and getting the work done—you have the best chance of unlocking a great solution. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.
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When you are fully engaged in any task—really buckling down and getting the work done—you have the best chance of unlocking a great solution.
I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives.
Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.
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I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. When you are fully engaged in any task—really buckling down and getting the work done—you have the best chance of unlocking a great solution. However, most of us can't shake off the fear of a bad outcome, and this tends to stifle our creativity and burden our actions.
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- How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation </...
- Gary Hamel on decision-making: "Paradoxically, as decisions get bigger, the ranks of those able to challenge the decision maker get smaller.
- Hubris, myopia, and naivete can corrupt decisions at any level, but that risk goes up when the decision maker's power is, for practical purposes, incontestable.
- Give someone monarch-like authority, and sooner or later there will be a royal screw-up." Source:
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Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.
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