by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 4, 2020
It was never about the shoes; it was about the culture. That was the big lesson I took away from my first meeting with Tony Hsieh at Zappos headquarters a little over a decade ago. Like many others this weekend, I was shocked and saddened to hear that the man who...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Nov 12, 2020
Twelve years after John McCain conceded the 2008 U.S. presidential election to Barack Obama, the video of McCain’s speech has gone viral, racking up about 15 million views. People began sharing the video on Thursday after Donald Trump claimed voter fraud in the 2020...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Nov 6, 2020
Bill Gates has hired thousands of people at Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He knows what to look for in job candidates. How would Gates handle a job interview if the tables were turned? During an interview for his new YouTube series...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Oct 23, 2020
On March 2, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave the first of what would become 111 consecutive days of Covid-19 PowerPoint updates. Cuomo’s ‘daily briefings’ turned into must-watch TV, with millions of viewers tuning in throughout New York, America, and around the...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Oct 21, 2020
I’ve often said that great public speakers are made, not born. John F. Kennedy was no exception. In the new book, JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, Pulitzer prize-winning historian Fredrik Logevall traces Kennedy’s transformation from a shy, awkward speaker...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Sep 25, 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s quotes in this article are based on Ginsburg’s interview with Professor Bryan Garner, published in volume 13 of The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing. It’s a fascinating interview that you can read here. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
