Societal Impact

These messages focus on changes in society and what they mean to us.

    • Selling Time

      America had a problem. Clocks in use at the time were manually wound and imprecise. That had not been a problem until railroads began to cross the country. Train schedules needed to be precise, or train collisions would become a serious problem. Samuel Langley saw an...

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    • Crucible Moments II

      He was born in 1926 in New York City, a son of an Italian immigrant to America, and a mother who was born in the U.S. soon after her parents arrived in America. His family was impoverished. When he could go to school, he studied art and music. He never completed high...

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    • Why, Not What

      Christine had an exemplary two years of college. Her GPA was high and she had become a leader in several organizations. Even more important was her volunteer activities with the Girl Scouts. The only problem was she couldn’t get an internship. When Christina met with...

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    • Thresholds of Acceptance

      College athletics at the beginning of the 21st century was a true cash cow. Buoyed by outlandish media contracts, athletic departments were prone to over-spend to protect their brand. Lawsuits had given athletes opportunities to cash in as well. But it was too good to...

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    • The Bus to Abilene

      Dr. Janet Sawyer was meeting with the directors of the medical specialties for the first time. As a 20-year medic in the military, she had run a number of military hospitals. This was her first military position as the CEO of a community hospital. She asked each of...

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    • Sculpting Visions

      Jenny Aguilar was one of the most connected persons in her community. As the Director of the local Arts Museum, he knew all of the community leaders. Lately when she met with her colleagues as a group or individually, their conversations focused on their community as...

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    • Intelligence Part 3

      After a time away from the intelligence discussions, the group of university presidents, deep-thinkers, and faculty reconvened. In the interim, the faculty had met to develop a straw model for the development of the intelligence traits identified in earlier...

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    • Intelligence – Part 2

      After a series of meetings, a select panel of university presidents along with deep-thinking advisors had concluded that the measure of intelligence in the 21st Century would require a mentality shift to a collection of personal traits they identified: Spontaneity...

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    • Intelligence – Part 1

      The decline in college enrollments had created a concern that a college education wasn’t that relevant in society. A small group of university presidents met once a month for over a year to reimagine the educational needs of future generations. A university education...

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    • Employee Engagement

      Maddie Axelon, the CEO of Axelon Endeavors, was at a loss for what to do. During the COVID pandemic, Axelon’s office went remote. While work was interrupted for a while, eventually each of the offices were able to continue at pre-COVID levels. Now that the pandemic...

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