Cornerstones features the writings of Jennifer StJohn and the Fusion Group editorial team. Enjoy these insightful and engaging essays for a different take on business, life and the pursuit of success and serenity.
Keeping Them Taught
“Teaching people isn’t hard. It’s keeping them taught!”
-Tom Watson, Vice Chairman
Omnicom Group
Dean, Omnicom University
American Ad Man, Agency Executive and Exceptional Mentor
(1934 – )
From one of the seminal “Organizational Development” thinkers, comes the seed of the entire study: “How do you
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Building a Tradition
Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, speaking of the Traditions of the British Royal Navy, famously said, “It takes three weeks to plan a battle. Three hours to fight one. Three years to build a battleship and three hundred years to build a tradition.”
All around us are the traditions by which we were raised, taught, empowered (or not) and implanted
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Think & Do!
“I can see that there’s a lot going on here, General, but does it make any sense?”
– Dr. Stephen Falken
“War Games”
What happened? Is this the ultimate outcome of the 60’s rebellion?
Following the rules — well that’s
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The Guru at the Dining Room Table
“Guru Maharaj Ji. There can be no biography of him. Facts are few, stories many. As he said, he was ‘nobody.’ He gave no discourses; the briefest, simplest stories were his teachings. Sometimes he sat in silence, but bliss and peace poured down on us. He said one can reach God while fulfilling his or her duties as a householder: as he, husband, father and village headman gave living demonstration.
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Architects, Culture and Anthropology
“The leader sends a Letter to the Future in the form of the culture he builds today.”
– J. R. St. John
American Author, Consultant, Executive Counselor
(1952 – )
An organization, is many things of course, but most of all it is a composite of agreements, practices, standards, habits and style; all of which serve as explicit, but all too often implicit guides to behavior — “What
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