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Hope for the Next Generation

Today, as the winners eloquently illustrate in their essays, the need for ethical thinking and action is more urgent than ever. In our hyper-connected, interdependent world, we can now feel the hope, dreams, frustrations, and anger of millions of others instantly. News of injustice and mistreatment spreads in an instant; the moral distance between us is disappearing. But the same technologies that connect us are also being used to undermine truth and trust. Never before have these twin pillars of society been under such widespread and continual assault.

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Celebrating the NXT-GEN Fellows

Last week, the inaugural class of The HOW Institute For Society’s NXT-GEN Fellowship for Moral Leadership reached a meaningful milestone. The Fellows, extraordinary individuals with uncommon humanity and boundless talent, are the first cohort to complete the Fellowship. I’d like to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate their achievement.

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Where American Politics Can Still Work: From the Bottom Up

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How Mark Zuckerberg Can Save Facebook — and Us

In today’s society, leaders often grapple with the unintended consequences of technology platforms and struggle to ensure they fulfill their original purpose.

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The Gift of Pause

Sometimes the best gifts in life come to us in unusual ways. So it was with my dear friend Mats Lederhausen's recent birthday. Aptly named a "former wunderkind" by Reuters.com, Mats was turning fifty, and as a celebratory gesture of this milestone, he and his wife Jessica decided to host a party. Not just any party, mind you, as this one served to expand the worldview of all who attended - most of all my own.

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What Kind of Leaders Do We Need Now? Elie Wiesel’s Answer

It's always a good time to ask what kind of leadership we need because the world is constantly changing. But the world is not only changing. It's being dramatically reshaped, making us ask the question not just with more urgency but through a different lens.

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How does sexual harassment continue in companies for so long?

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Dov Seidman’s remarks at the Elie Wiesel Legacy Award Gala

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Shimon Peres’ Seven Lessons For An Eight-Year-Old Boy

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Shimon Peres’ Seven Lessons For An Eight-Year-Old Boy

It has been one year since the passing of Shimon Peres. Visionary, soldier, statesman, founder of the State of Israel, prime minister, president, Nobel laureate: no title, description or accolade can fully capture the immensity of his contribution — not only to Israel but to all who aspire to a better, more peaceful, more just world.

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Four Ways to Become a Better Boss

The animating spirit of business has always been an ambition to do big things—to build something valuable, to solve a difficult problem, to provide a useful service, to explore the frontiers of human possibility.

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Here Are 4 Keys to Being a Better Boss

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The Four Pillars of Moral Leadership

The animating spirit of business has always been an ambition to do big things—to build something valuable, to solve a difficult problem, to provide a useful service, to explore the frontiers of human possibility.

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Exercise Your Ethical Muscles: Here Are 4 Keys to Being a Better Boss

Lessons on how to be a better boss from corporate-leadership guru Dov Seidman.

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Seven Pointers for Future Leaders from Moral Philosophers

This fall, some 20 million students will attend colleges and universities across America. At a formative time in their lives – intellectually, emotionally and morally – they’ll be exposed to a range of people and ideas that will shape the way they think, feel and relate to others and the world.

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The Moral Imperative of Leadership

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Thinking Higher, Feeling Deeper: Honoring Elie Wiesel

Today marks one year since the passing of Professor Elie Wiesel. To me, and certainly to countless others, Elie Wiesel was a, if not the moral conscience of our world. Professor Wiesel said that “words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the status of deeds.” His morally courageous and truthful words in so many moments of consequence – especially when in the face of hatred or persecution – transformed into deeds that made our world more just and human.

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