The component of a Burning Imperative that is most important in building a high-performing team is co-creating. Bryan Smith laid out five ways to “persuade” someone: tell – sell – test – consult – ...

Recent studies show that more and more Americans are tuning out of politics. Who can blame them? Today, we see a politics of personal promotion, rather than a politics that inspires collective problem ...

Cybersecurity has become a pivotal business imperative, transcending mere technical challenges. While many organizations still view cybersecurity as an IT issue, the reality is that it fundamentally ...

When a sentence uses a transitive verb to describe an action, it’s necessary for the subject to take a direct object and to act on it: “The woman spurned her suitor last week.” “Her suitor found a ...

Historian Timothy Snyder reminds us that the fight for democracy has always begun with ordinary Americans—through civil disobedience, economic pressure, and creative acts of resistance. “Democracy is ...

A tweet from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) riled up social media on Sunday for characterizing the Pentagon's diversity and inclusion initiative as "a strategic imperative critical to mission ...

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I have a friend who uses “hark back” a lot in conversation. She harks back to past news events. She harks back to old times. She harks back to something I told her last month or last year. My first ...