Bock's Assignments

Wally Bock has weekend leadership reading for us.


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First Paragraph

Can there be a connection between online universities and the serial insurgencies which, in media noise and human blood, have rocked the Arab Middle East? I contend that there is. And the list of unlikely connections can easily be expanded. It includes the ever faster churning of companies in and out of the S&P 500, the death of news and the newspaper, the failure of established political parties, the imperial advance across the globe by Facebook and Google, and the near-universal spread of the mobile phone.

- From The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri

Quick Look

The trailer for "Interstellar."

Pray for the Victims

New Zealand: A sad reminder that there is great evil in the world.

Quick Look

The trailer for "Lord of War."

The Lasting Influence of a Great History Teacher

Cultural Offering has the details. An excerpt:

Mr. Stevens walked up and down the rows of desks, hands clasped behind his back, describing historic moments - battles, important meetings, compromises, and declarations.  

He told stories.

Projects and Relationships

Over the years I have come to regard projects as a boat in the ocean and relationships as the ocean.


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Nostalgia

ESPN: The story of "Animal House" and the University of Oregon.

Poetry Break

"The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" by Edward Lear.

"They took some honey, and plenty of money."

Novels for Leaders