History Lessons in Leadership – Research History

History Lessons in Leadership

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    A Consequence of Corruption: O-Ring failure in Challenger disaster

    The Challenger Space Shuttle disaster occurred on January 28, 1986. The failure to stop the Challenger flight went along with the failure to address the engineers’ concerns about the O-Ring. Their concerns were reported long before the catastrophic flight took off. Following the disaster NASA appointed the Roger’s Commission to investigate. Theoretical physicist Dr. Richard Feynman was one of the members. His involvement led to what is known as the C-clamp experiment conducted during an open Public meeting for all the see.  (A recent example of a another death resulting from a total disregard of safety on a number of levels: “This was an unscrupulous business, operating powerful machines beyond…

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    Famous Speeches

    The Gettysburg Address: The Gettysburg Address John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961: Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You “Tear Down this Wall” President Ronald Reagan June 12, 1987. Brandenberg Gate. West Germany: Tear Down This Wall Martin Luther King’s Speech: ‘I Have a Dream’ – The Full Text By The Rev. MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr. Aug. 28, 1963: I Have a Dream

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    Napoleon’s Failed War: Factors and Foes

    Logistics In Lynch Bennett’s article The Grand Failure: How Logistics of Supply Defeated Napoleon in 1812, he points to logistical errors as a primary and often overlooked reason for Napoleon’s “Grand Failure” to invade Russia in 1812. As the popular idiom states “the devil is in the detail”; devilish details grew large and unruly, details that Napoleon neglected to anticipate. He was blinded by ambition and hubris, fed by his past accomplishments of conquest; he had by 1812 conquered the whole of continental Europe. The logistical difficulties involved in supplying his Grande Armeé of over 600,000 men were multiple and grave. By the time the French retreated Russia in a devastating defeat…