When Machiavelli Comes to Town: The Dangers of Opportunistic Consulting
“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.” ~Niccolò Machiavelli. The Prince (1532). “Unencumbered by government oversight, McKinsey is accountable only to its clients, who expect that their vulnerabilities, mistakes, and business strategies—in order words, […]











Symposium—Who was General Albert Pike and Why he matters to U.S. Today?
Socrates (470-399 B.C.) was a famous Greek philosopher from Athens who taught Plato, and Plato taught Aristotle, and Aristotle taught Alexander the Great. Socrates created the concept of convening a “Symposium” for his students as a modus operandi for developing a simple but cleverly profound method of teaching by asking penetrating, revelatory, and psychologically probing questions. The Greeks called […]
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