Over the weekend I read 13 Hours by Michael Zuchoff, which I had wanted to read since seeing the “13 Hours” movie that came out in the fall. The book and the…
Tag: Movies and Television
Interruptions of Progress
I had a chance to see “The Gangster Squad” and there was a great line that has stayed with me. First, I enjoyed the movie. It was like L.A. Confidential meets the…
Dangers for Discerners: Elementary
The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in the Sherlock Holmes narrative, originally created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There have been two feature films released recently with the…
Quick Review: Lincoln (The Movie)
After my review yesterday on the book Lincoln’s Melancholy and mentioning that I had read that prior to seeing the movie, I wanted to share some of my reflections from my experience…
Are You Leading From the Green Zone?
Re-posted from March 29th, 2010 I’m on vacation right now with my wife sans kids for a couple days and one of the things we got to do today was hit a…
Thoughts on Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Are you leading from the Green Zone? I wrote a blog post a couple years ago by that title here after seeing the movie The Green Zone. The movie The Green Zone…
Yoda’s Advice to the Marginalized
So I’ve started watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars with my young son. You never know when there’s going to be some good wisdom – and should we be surprised that Master…
Nobody Likes Passive Aggressive Smurf
I’m taking a break from recruiting for the Systems & Power Leadership Community and going to share a reflection from my viewing of the new Smurfs movie and give a quick review….
Quick Thoughts on Young @ Heart
How often do you think about the elderly? Now, if you are elderly – you may think about them a lot! I think it’s a reality that society has moved a direction…