If you still need to be convinced why the study of history is absolutely essential to American democracy, check out Mark Oppenheim‘s interview with Jim Grossman.
Oppenheim runs m/Oppenheim Associates. He has a 30-year organizational consulting and search track record that includes managing transformation service groups for the Child Welfare Administration of New York City, Ernst & Young, Price Waterhouse, Oppenheim CMP, and the Oracle Corporation.
Grossman is Executive Director of the American Historical Association.
The business world and the world of historical thinking collide. As they should.
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If you want to hear more from Grossman, check out Episode 1 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home Podcast.