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Commencement Speeches 2021

Written by Jim Bruce on . Posted in Goals & Practices, Tuesday Reading.

[Jim Bruce, today’s author, is a Senior Fellow and Executive Coach at MOR Associates. He previously was Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Vice President for Information Systems and CIO at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Jim can be reached at [email protected].]   In every year, except for this and last year, I can […]

2020 Commencement Thoughts

Written by Jim Bruce on . Posted in Change, Leadership, Tuesday Reading.

2020 Commencement Thoughts …Helpful thoughts for the next steps in your life’s journey. [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Jim Bruce, Senior Fellow and Executive Coach at MOR Associates. He previously was Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Vice President for Information Systems and CIO at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Jim may be reached […]

2019 Commencement Thoughts

Written by Jim Bruce on . Posted in Change, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy.

…Helpful thoughts for the next steps in your life’s journey   Every year, beginning near the end of May and continuing into early June, there is a flurry of ritual activity at this country’s educational institutions. In the U.S., there are over 4,200 degree granting colleges and universities and over 20,500 high schools who each […]

Commencement Thoughts

Written by Jim Bruce on . Posted in Leadership, Tuesday Reading.

… Helpful thoughts for the next stages of your life’s journey   Every year beginning near the end of May and continuing into early June, there is a flurry of activity at this country’s educational institutions. In the U.S., there are over 4,200 degree granting colleges and universities and over 20,500 high schools who each […]

Good Questions

Written by Jim Bruce on . Posted in Communication, Culture, Feedback, Results, Strategy, Tuesday Reading.

“True wisdom comes from asking the right questions.”            Clayton Christensen   Two weeks ago, the Tuesday Reading focused on some particularly insightful remarks made by a number of this year’s commencement speakers. Now, whenever you select a very small number of speakers, in this case only nine, from a very large […]

And, they said …

Written by Jim Bruce on . Posted in Change, Delegating, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy.

… at this year’s commencement exercises This year’s spring graduation season has come to an end.  About 4,700 degree granting public and private, two and four year institutions awarded some 2.8 million degrees at their commencement exercises.  And, every one of these gatherings had speakers that spoke of not giving into the darkness and despair of […]