October 2008 archives

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October 26, 2008 by Patti

Managerial Essays on Social Networks

A re-posting on the Value Networks blog of a list of research centers in social network analysis reminded me to take a look at what’s happening at the University of Kentucky’s International Research Center on Social Networks in Business which nabbed Steve Borgatti away from Boston a year and a half ago. I noticed a [...]

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October 12, 2008 by Patti

Grace Happens

We had an extraordinary theater experience last night at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA. Let Me Down Easy is an Anna Deavere Smith “play in evolution” that begs the audience to inquiry about the nature of grace. If you are not familiar with Deavere Smith’s work, you can find her on Ted. Her [...]

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October 8, 2008 by Patti

Generations

You know you’ve been touched by a powerful idea or theory when it keeps coming back to mind, and begging you to apply its perspective to other ideas you encounter or read about. I’ve been touched by the Strauss and Howe theory of generations. Deb Gilburg, of the Gilburg Leadership Institute introduced the idea (first [...]