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Can You Imagine Being a Hero?

· 35 Comments · In Ethics, Giving Help, Interviews, Life Skills, Motivation, Psychology, Social Capital, Values

Learning to be a hero is more important than you might think.

Article by Brooke Allen, Interview by Adrienne Rodney and Brooke Allen.

Last summer we interviewed Dr. Phillip Zimbardo about his Heroic Imagination Project.

Before we met Dr. Phillip Zimbardo [...]

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Job Hunting as Dating

· 5 Comments · In Career Advice, Ethics, Interviews, Job Hunting, Trust

But is it a seduction or a search for true love?

Paul Zak is the founding Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies and Professor of Economics, Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University, and he is credited with the first [...]

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Morality and Business – What You Can Do

· 2 Comments · In Conversations, Economics, Education, Ethics

by: Brooke Allen

A discussion with Bill Black.

William Black is an Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He was the Executive Director of the Institute for Fraud Prevention from 2005-07. Bill is an outspoken critic of our regulators, banking, [...]

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Want a Business Education? – Try Rolling Your Own

· 1 Comment · In Book Review, Career Advice, Education, Ethics, Interviews

A conversation with Henry Mintzberg, Professor of Management Studies at McGill University.

By Brooke Allen, founder of No Shortage of Work

“Perhaps business schools should issue recall notices.” These words were spoken last week by Henry Mintzberg, a featured speaker at a Fordham University conference titled, “MBA [...]

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Is it OK to Work for Free?

· Leave a Comment · In Ethics

Recently I had dinner with a couple I’ve known for many years. They question some of the ideas I am promoting here, and they point out that working for free can be illegal (in violation of minimum wage laws) and perhaps even immoral (as in the case of slavery).

Here is my response [...]

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