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How Free Markets can Save the Kentucky Derby Letter to the Editor: Free Markets Can Save the Derby “The problem of preventing banned performance-enhancing drugs is one of incentives. READ MORE

Interview with Catholic University's Cardinal Conversations Daniel Forrester, B.A. 1993 and Liberal Arts for Life and Business “In this episode, Ryane and Brett speak with alumnus Daniel Forrester. READ MORE

Bono's New Book Originality Requires a Provocateur “My friend Ambassador Mitchell B. Reiss taught me any great biography must answer the threshold question. READ MORE

THRUUE Purchased by Tier1 THRUUE JOINS TIER1 PERFORMANCE “We’re thrilled to announce that THRUUE, a Washington, DC-based culture, strategy, and leadership consulting firm. READ MORE

4 Pillars with Zimmerman and Forrester Leadership Freak “Leadership Lessons From The Mafia, Hell’s Angels, And Gang Bangers. READ MORE

How to Train Yourself to Stop Multitasking BLOOMBERG “At the last World Economic Forum, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer shared that she checks her smartphone more than 150 times a day. READ MORE

Tribute to Patricia Ann Forrester medium “Patricia Ann 'Patsy' Forrester, ninety-three, died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday morning, August 27, 2023. READ MORE

AlphaROC adds Daniel Forrester and Rich Thau as Senior Advisors AlphaROC “Forrester and Thau are charged with helping to develop new channels to co-innovate and partner with Alpha-Roc’s clients. READ MORE

The Forensics of the American Mafia Review of Economics and Finance “We present an economic analysis of the American Mafia’s organizational design elements that promote its survival. READ MORE

Co-authored with Mitchell Reiss: Managing Corporate Culture Now Means Managing Great Expectations Hunt Scanlon Media “How work is organized within companies and how employees view their jobs and their relationships to companies is changing. READ MORE

Twenty Years After 9/11 Medium “There are hundreds of memorials to the victims of 9/11 scattered throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Dozens of towns have set aside spaces that encourage people to pause and reflect on the events of that day. READ MORE

Remembering 9/11 in the Wake of a Global Pandemic THRIVE GLOBAL “Where were you on 9/11?” That question gets asked less and less of me as time passes. READ MORE

Corporate Culture After Covid-19 | Inc.com Inc.com Proud to co-author this post pandemic study with colleagues Liza McDevitt and Philipia Hilman. READ MORE

Across Stages in a Lifetime THRIVE GLOBAL I remember walking as a seven-year-old onto a Broadway stage during the intermission of the play Godspell. The actor playing the role of Jesus had captivated me, his voice surging forth while the dialogue flowed to and around him. As I stood on the stage, he did a magic trick and handed me a red balloon. READ MORE

Remarkable Ideas From Daniel Forrester Readitfor.me Interview with Daniel Forrester This READITFOR.me Remarkable Business/Remarkable Life interview is with Daniel Forrester. He's the founder of THRUUE Inc. which is devoted to the intersection of culture & strategy, and he's published a book called "Consider". He's a speaker, reflective thinker, husband, and father... READ MORE

The Government's New Breed of Change Agents: Leading the War on Terror White Paper by Daniel Forrester I remember walking as a seven-year-old onto a Broadway stage during the intermission of the play Godspell. The actor playing the role of Jesus had captivated me, his voice surging forth while the dialogue flowed to and around him. As I stood on the stage, he did a magic trick and handed me a red balloon. READ MORE

Parting Wisdom - Pentagon change agent’s legacy sets Defense leaders on a new course. Government Executive In one of his final interviews before his death last fall, Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski talked with analyst Daniel Forrester about what makes a transformational leader. The father of network-centric warfare offered some tough marching orders for leaders who want to make a difference-and a surprising way for them to measure their success. Read More

Amazon Alexa, AI and the Core Values Built Into the Machines Shaping Our Future Voicebot In 1950, Alan Turing posed a question that put the field of computer science on a new trajectory: can machines think? Fast-forward to today: the influence of machine learning, big data, and the internet of things has permeated our daily lives. More and more functions are being automated, and artificial intelligence—systems or devices that mimic human decision-making, visual perception, speech recognition, and more—is on the rise. Read More Bureaucracy: An Obituary Medium Bureaucracy passed away earlier this month after finally relenting to Disruption and Innovation. Hundreds and thousands of friends and family gathered in concentric circles around his hospital bed while he labored on his last breath. Following a confusing and slow response to his death, a memorial service was held this week. It lasted two days and involved hundreds of speakers. Read More Obituary: Annual Performance Review: “Ranking” Has Died LinkedIn Annual Performance Review (APR) died last Sunday after a decades-long reign over Human Resources. He is perhaps best remembered for the millions of hours he spent categorizing people into meaningless buckets and alienating workers around the world. Read More 15 Years After Time Stood Still LinkedIn I was sitting at my desk in Cambridge, Massachusetts, working on a proposal with my colleague, John Devanney, when the first news arrived. A young coworker called from lower Manhattan moments after the first plane hit the first tower. She would be late to the office, she told John, as “debris was falling all over the place.” John told her to be safe, not to worry about getting to work. Read More Four essential lessons General James Mattis taught me about leadership Fox News This week retired US Marine Corps General James Mattis will face the US Senate during confirmation hearings to become our next Secretary of Defense. If confirmed, Mattis will be the CEO of the largest workforce and most complex bureaucracy on the planet. Read More Culture, Strategy and Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review This past April, Harvard Business Review published “Culture is Not the Culprit” as its cover story. The article was intended, according to its editors, “to encourage business leaders to think about culture with the same rigor and concreteness that they apply to business processes and goals.” I love that rigor — — we apply it every day at THRUUE. Read More What Meeting Mother Teresa Is Really Like (And How It Changed My Life For Good) MindBodyGreen Final exams were upon us. Many Catholic University students had taken up their usual seats across the library as darkness settled in that Sunday. I was heads down, reading and reviewing for an exam the next day, looking forward to the semester's end and the holidays to come. Read More So How Will You Ever Get Off the Desert Island? Entrepreneur William Clarke Jr. was always just Mr. Clarke to me. He lived down the road from my family on the North Shore of Long Island, and his grandchildren played with my sister and me. Read More Of Jack Kemp, Small Businesses, and a Republican Resignation Medium First, you sent me Sarah Palin. Then, you created a process and vetted a bench of candidates that led to Donald Trump as the nominee. I have had enough. I am out. Read More How 30 Seconds of Feedback and a Round of Golf Changed My Career Success A decade ago, I drove to a country club in the suburbs of northern Virginia, expecting a fun and relaxing day of golf (with a bit of networking). My host, Peter DiGiammarino—“Peter D” to his friends—is a seasoned CEO with a penchant for growing leaders and organizations. When we met, he was the CEO of a growth company that primarily worked with the federal government. Golf was not the only thing on Peter’s mind that day; he was considering me for a role within his company. Read More How Instant Feedback During An Interview Can Change A Career Fast Company A decade ago, I drove to a country club in the suburbs of northern Virginia, expecting a fun and relaxing day of golf (with a bit of networking). My host, Peter DiGiammarino—“Peter D” to his friends—is a seasoned CEO with a penchant for growing leaders and organizations. When we met, he was the CEO of a growth company that primarily worked with the federal government. Golf was not the only thing on Peter’s mind that day; he was considering me for a role within his company. Read More Culture Really Does Eat Strategy for Breakfast Entrepreneur Time and time again, I have had the opportunity to observe how organizations operate, viewing firsthand high-performing cultures where extraordinary things are accomplished on a daily basis. These are places where people are aligned and unified through unique social contracts. Read More Welcome to “Validation Nation” Medium A few short years ago, Oprah Winfrey defined the single link between each of the guests she had on her show across the twenty-five years she was on television. Winfrey said, “I’ve talked to nearly 30,000 people on this show, and all 30,000 had one thing in common: they all wanted validation” She continued, “Do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say mean anything to you?’” Read More No time to think, you say? Just wait until the next Wikileaks release Washington Post The infamous founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, recently claimed that they would soon release damaging documents and proprietary communications from a major bank. Once we get past the revelations and isolated data points deduced from emails and documents, I wonder what good will come from this illegal open sourcing of the internal thinking of a company. Read More