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This is a story about how you should never be too quick to judge anyone...

In this fascinating audio podcast, Steve Burrows CBE, the world-renowned civil and structural engineer, shares a story that offers a profound gift or two about learning lessons from the past.

Vishal Amin, a decorated Marine Corps F-18 fighter pilot, describes an event that changed his life forever. That was when he was named on an ISIS kill-list.

In this podcast, Vishal Amin, a decorated Marine Corps fighter pilot, tells a story about his days training to become a fighter pilot at Miramar, the home of Top Gun.

This podcast offers some thoughts about what we can learn from the lack of class of the NFL and Denver Broncos in failing to congratulate the Carolina Panthers on reaching the Super Bowl.

This podcast offers some thoughts about how people can talk with great passion on subjects about which they either know very little (in this case, the Pyramids) or on subjects that are quite unrelated to what they are talking about (in this case, about something that doesn't even appear in the blog they are commenting on).

If Business Schools ignore cheating and turn the other way as their students cheat, they are effectively turning their backs on integrity. When they worry more about upsetting actual and potential donors, alumni and students by disciplining those students that cheat, they are choosing the self-interest of their schools ahead of integrity. And what are the students to make of this? Why WOULDN'T they emulate those who teach them?

This podcast is about how Codes of Ethics are not a panacea to curing our ethical ills. It is about how we need leaders with moral authority who are prepared to create ethical environments and who will stop those around them from cheating.

This podcast offers some thoughts about the importance of maintaining balance in our lives. These thoughts are offered in the form of a story that illustrates the importance of not letting unimportant people upset you – and of maintaining a sense of humor...

In bringing life to your ideas, the importance of writing well can't be overstated. The value of writing well is that you can't write well unless you think clearly. And if you can't think clearly, you'll never be able to bring your ideas to life. In this conversation between Michael Friedlander and best-selling novelist, Tim Hallinan, each offers to tips to how we can write better...