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As the world shifts to more of a knowledge economy, companies that can attract and retain the best and brightest employees will be the winners.

The most highly sought-after executives will be those that can create an environment where employees can grow, contribute, and feel rewarded.
Adam Bryant draws on interviews with more than 200 CEOs to offer business leaders the wisdom and guidance to move their organizations faster, quicker and more nimbly.

The book, Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation, taps into the collective wisdom of CEOs like Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn, Tony Hsieh of Zappos, Angie Hicks of Angie’s List and Steve Case formerly of AOL. Adam uses his unprecedented access to the CEOs to map out best practices that other business managers can put into effect.

Amy Alkon is a syndicated columnist for The Ventura County Reporter and 100 other newspapers around the country. Typically, she writes about good manners, but today she’ll discuss an invasion of her personal rights so heinous that she is now advocating being rude at airport security. We discuss her story and the loss of personal freedom we all experience post-9/11.

Michael Korda is a New York Times best-selling author of several books. We look at the tragic hero of World War I, Lawrence of Arabia, from his biography of T. E. Lawrence titled Hero.

Jane Leavy is a failed Little League pitcher turned sports writer. She’s written definitive biographies of two of baseball’s most enigmatic players. We discuss her latest biography of Mickey Mantle, The Last Boy.

Craig Webb is the Executive Director of the DREAMS Foundation. He believes bad dreams and nightmares are a good thing. We find out why as we discuss dreams and their waking life applications.

Joel Garfinkle is a professional career coach, author and speaker. He explains his 3-step system to advance one’s career from his book Getting Ahead.