Please enjoy my conversation on “The Power of Reading” for the podcast “How Do We Fix It? A Repair Manual for the Real World” [here].
Giovanni Bellini, “St. Jerome in the Desert” (1505, Wikimedia Commons)
Abraham Lincoln's "EQ"
What made Lincoln such an extraordinary president and effective leader? Find our here, in renowned historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s article on the “Emotional Intelligence” (EQ) of the man whose transformative leadership helped keep America’s Union in tact.
From Silicon Valley to Greek Philosophy
Why did a leading engineer at Google decide to study the ancient philosophers and get a PhD in the humanities? Find out here, and learn about Damon Horowitz’s fascinating intellectual journey from the cutting edge of artificial intelligence to an immersion in the greatest questions of human value.
Plato (left) and Aristotle, in Raphael’s School of Athens (c. 1511, Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Philosopher Kings
Hello! I’ll be creating blog posts here on how the business world can benefit from the insights of the humanities and literature. I’ll start by sharing an article in the Economist that recommends the benefits of reading “great minds” to businesses. Read here and, as always, please let me know what you think.
https://www.economist.com/business/2014/10/04/philosopher-kings
