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A person reading "Bold Kindness" by Cathy Thorpe next to an image of a pink couch.

Bold Kindness Isn’t Just a Book, It’s a Manifesto For Compassionate Leadership

It began with a couch. When Cathy Thorpe assumed the role of CEO in 2014, she encountered an unexpected symbol in her new office… a large pink couch. Rather than discarding it, she embraced it as a centerpiece of Nurse Next Door’s BOLD KIND culture and her leadership style. This pink couch represents comfort, the […]

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A person holding a book titled "I Respectfully Disagree," while seated in an office with framed certificates on the wall.

BOOK REVIEW: “I REspectfully Disagree” by Justin Jones-Fosu

In an era characterized by polarization, Justin Jones-Fosu’s new book, “I Respectfully Disagree” emerges as a crucial guide for navigating the treacherous waters of social, ideological, and work conflicts. The Berrett-Koehler published book (which launched on August 16th) is predicated on a startling reality. Approximately 25% of the global population is affected by serious conflicts, a

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Hugh MacLeod

One of my favorite quotes from Pink Goldfish 2.0

“Don’t try to stand out from the crowd… Avoid crowds altogether.” — Hugh MacLeod One of my favorite quotes from Pink Goldfish 2.0. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn. Stan Phelps walks the walk. He stands out in the sea of sameness by modeling his own Differentiated Experience (DX) message: Differentiation isn’t just about what you say, it’s about

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T-Mobile

Pink marks T-Mobile as unique from all the other mobile giants

Sometimes the opposite of a good thing is also a good thing. According to Barbara Nemitz, the author of “Pink: The Exposed Color in Contemporary Culture,” the color pink contains, “An extraordinary number of contradictory qualities. . . The pink spectrum can embody practically anything; surface and interior, happiness and suffering, delight and injury, the

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Financial times

More than 125 years have passed since the Financial Times went pink and they are still going strong

It was 1893 in London, and Douglas Macrae, the publisher of the Financial Times, was looking for a way to distinguish his newspaper from the competition, the Financial and Mining News. In Pink Goldfish 2.0, David Rendall and I profile the important decision he made. Macrae decided to use pink paper in order to stand

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