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2016 Postmortem

riversedge

(70,238 posts) Sun Oct 16, 2016, 01:13 PM Oct 2016

@POTUS said this (to laughter and applause) about leadership, Silicon Valley, and democracy:

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Andrew Nacin ?@nacin 19h19 hours ago

In his remarks, @POTUS said this (to laughter and applause) about leadership, Silicon Valley, and democracy:

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@POTUS said this (to laughter and applause) about leadership, Silicon Valley, and democracy: (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2016 OP

"Leadership" is context-bound alcibiades_mystery Oct 2016 #1

Yep. SusanCalvin Oct 2016 #2

TY ~ KNR Lucinda Oct 2016 #3

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)

1. "Leadership" is context-bound

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Oct 16, 2016, 01:20 PM

Oct 2016

That's what all these dumb, cultish books and seminars about "leadership" fail to grasp.

The "Leadership" cult in American business culture is so stupid that it's hard to believe otherwise smart people follow it so slavishly.

SusanCalvin

(6,592 posts)

2. Yep.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Oct 16, 2016, 04:09 PM

Oct 2016

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

3. TY ~ KNR

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Oct 16, 2016, 04:46 PM

Oct 2016

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