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Shaping Creative Energy: The Birth of the Graphic Novel

Yoshihiro Tatsumi is the father of the graphic novel. He took his passion for Japan’s daily children’s cartoons (Manga) and used it as a vehicle to tell gritty, poetic, stories that attracted adult readers.
He called his new art form Gekiga and it became explosively popular in Japan throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Thirty years later Gekiga, Tatsumi’s idea of a graphic novel, would become popular in Europe and America.
In the 800-plus page autobiographical graphic novel, …

Entrepreneurs Aren’t Exactly Lucky (Neither are Leaders)

Are entrepreneurial people gifted or just lucky?
If you’ve ever read an article about a successful self-employed person you’ve probably thought they were blessed with a large dose of talent coupled with good fortune. The years of hard work, trial & error, and perseverance, are usually summed up in a few lines that sound like this:
“After college Mr. X worked for 3 years in a high-paced marketing department where he made contacts and began constructing his …

Leadership Link Round-Up: July 13-17

Can the UK really spur nationwide employee engagement? Let’s hope they offer free coffee.
Know what you can control…and what you can not.
Great, you’ve been promoted…but what are the chances you can stay promoted?
Risking vulnerability is part of authenticity. Couldn’t agree more.
10 ways to handle your mistakes. Don’t deny them.
Good breakdown of a compelling book on time management.
Morgan Stanly’s teen intern got it wrong says a teen at BusinessWeek.
Do you indulge in management excesses? They are…
10 …