Sydney Finkelstein on "Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions" (Thu, Nov 19)

Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents Sydney Finkelstein

“Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How To Keep It From Happening To You”

Moderated by Sally Jackson

Thursday, November 19 at 6:30-8:00 pm
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University

(Boston, MA) Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents Sydney Finkelstein on “Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How To Keep It From Happening To You;” moderated by Sally Jackson. Thursday, November 19, at 6:30-8:00 pm. Followed by an open discussion. Admission is free and open to all.

C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University, 55 Temple Street, Boston, MA.
Wheelchair accessible and conveniently located near the Park Street MBTA station.

For more information, call the Ford Hall Forum at 617-557-2007 or visit www.fordhallforum.org.

History is full of brilliant leaders making incredibly poor choices. From President John F. Kennedy’s Bay of Pigs invasion to Wall Street’s heavy bets in the mortgage market, we see people with extraordinarily powerful cognitive abilities make terrible decisions. Why does this happen? Sydney Finkelstein, bestselling author and Steven Roth Professor of Management for the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, joins Sally Jackson, public relations consultant and founder of Jackson & Company, to addresses the specific ways our minds are lured into making misguided judgments, and why organizations so often fail to correct the mistake. Most importantly, he identifies the way wise leaders sidestep these pitfalls, and how you can do the same.

The Ford Hall Forum is the nation’s oldest continuously operating free public lecture series. The Forum promotes freedom of speech and fosters an informed and effective citizenry through the public presentation of lectures, debates, and discussions. Its events illuminate the key issues facing our society by bringing to its podium knowledgeable and thought-provoking speakers, including some of the most controversial opinion leaders of our times. These speakers are presented in person, for free, and in settings, which facilitate frank and open debate.

The Forum began in 1908 as a series of Sunday evening public meetings held at the Ford Hall, which once stood on Beacon Hill in Boston. While the original building no longer exists, the public conversations have continued throughout the Greater Boston area with the generous support of foundations, corporations, academic institutions, and individuals. As the Forum marks its 100th Anniversary, it is embarking on a new partnership with the Suffolk University College of Arts & Sciences. Suffolk is now housing the Forum’s administrative offices just a block away from where the original Ford Hall once stood.

Free Presentation: Social Media for Nonprofits

Free Presentation: Social Media for Nonprofits
Thursday, November 19 from 6:30 to 8 pm

The Arlington Entrepreneurs is hosting an interactive session on Social Media at the Robbins Library on Mass Ave (Arlington Center). Bring your laptop so you can implement or test drive what you are learning 'real time'.

The session will be hosted by Barbara Clarke.

This event is free. Please RSVP to margy AT arlington-entrepreneurs DOT com

In His Shadow

the phone rang as he approached the onramp
two minutes after coasting
on cruise control on the interstate
came news from out of state
that the state of the world done changed
impending transitions
fretting over fatherhood
millions of thoughts racing through fast lanes
and beyond breakdown borders
one word stood out
get this right
and in that instant
he disappeared into the night
peer pressure gave way to a culture of expectations
to be continued...

Black Men’s Leadership Breakfast

Dear Brothers,

The need for us as black men to become involved in the issue of public education is obvious.

In a global economy, the need for a strong educational foundation is essential for our children if they are to compete for the jobs and careers of the future. Yet in the city of Boston, a school district proclaimed by urban education experts as the best public school system in America;

* More than 50% of young men and women fail to graduate with their freshmen class,

* Virtually every graduate of Boston Public Schools who attends college are required to take remedial classes before their official matriculation, and

* Less than 3% of African American males who graduate from BPS secure their college diplomas within 8 years of graduating high school.

Boston may have the best urban system in America, but the above statistics in and of themselves must be unacceptable to us as black people.

And where our collective voices as black people should be raised in outrage, we as an entire community are virtually invisible in the halls of government or in school committee meetings where decisions as to how to educate our children are made.

Brothers, we write to you because the time has come for responsible men to stand up, take leadership, demand accountability, and provide direction to our community on the issue of how black children are being educated in the city of Boston. We know two things to be real…that education is the method by which we rise and grow as a people, and that securing a quality education for our children is indeed the civil rights issue of our lifetime.

Please join us for a black men’s leadership breakfast on Monday, November 23rd at the Boston Foundation 75 Arlington Street 10th floor at 8:30AM. We will discuss strategies, ideas, and determine a process by which we may become engaged in a meaningful way to assure that black men are providing leadership in the effort to educate our children.

Union of Minority Neighborhoods
http://www.unionofminorityneighborhoods.org