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the archivist February 27, 2024

Leadership Insights Derived from the Dynamics of Collective Action: A Case Study of Movement Formation Derek Sivers’ TED talk on how to start a movement offers leadership lessons from a shirtless dancing guy. The video, spanning under three minutes, encapsulates the evolution of a movement and imparts valuable insights into effective leadership strategies. This analysis […]

the archivist July 10, 2019

“All this time I was writing, writing no matter what else I was doing; no matter what I thought I was doing, in fact. I was living almost as instinctively as a little animal, but I realize now that all that time a part of me was getting ready to be an artist. That my […]

the archivist November 19, 2015

Working in higher education, I deal with helicopter parents and lawnmower parents on a daily basis now. Overparenting is an incredible disservice to children and young adults. Not only do they experience setbacks, negative feedback, and garden-variety frustrations of life as insurmountable failures and barriers, they often lack the savvy to safeguard themselves from actual […]

the archivist August 1, 2011

i can read. There are some things I miss about my old job, such as the awesome schedule and some great colleagues. I miss the concise emails signed only “gs” and the trips across the street to the basement where a very cool crew of a former navy seal, an artist/fashionista, and an independent scholar/former […]