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Intuition: What is it really and what role should it play in your leadership toolkit?
Intuition is often credited as the secret sauce to effectiveness and success both in personal and professional settings. Is this true? If so, can it be learned or cultivated? State Senator Holly Mitchell, who represents…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/intuition-what-is-it-really-and-what-role-should-it-play-in-your-leadership-toolkitThe Post-Election Politics of Identity
Defying all political expectations and conventional norms, Trump's vulgar pronouncements on race and gender and his signature lack of decorum did little to arrest his progress to the White House. CMC professor of govern…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/post-election-politics-of-identityEurope’s Refugee Crisis: Unprecedented Challenges for the EU
Pavel Černoch, deputy spokesperson for the Czech Permanent Representation to the European Union, will address the challenges currently facing European leaders trying to work together to solve a humanitarian crisis at th…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/europes-refugee-crisis-unprecedented-challenges-for-euDigesting the Outcomes of the 19th Party Congress in China
The Chinese Communist Party will hold its 19th Party Congress in mid-October. Outcomes will reveal whether norms of succession have been institutionalized or remain under the control of individual leaders, in particular…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/digesting-outcomes-of-19th-party-congress-in-chinaPenguins, Antarctica, and Global Warming
Ron Naveen, president and founder of Oceanites which sees and tracks climate change through an Antarctic lens, is one of the world’s foremost experts on monitoring, detecting, and analyzing environmental changes, most p…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/penguins-antarctica-and-global-warmingThe Importance of Anticipation in Macroeconomics
Valerie Ramey, professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego, will speak about how expectations, forecasts, and generalized anticipation affect the course of the macroeconomy and determine the impact…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/importance-of-anticipation-in-macroeconomicsWhat We Know about Leadership from Science
Major myths and misconceptions abound on the topic of leadership. Despite such enduring misbeliefs, there is more than a century of scientific leadership research. David Day's talk will highlight what we know about lead…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/what-we-know-about-leadership-from-scienceThe 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in the Age of Global Christianity
Jonathan Strom, professor of church history and associate dean of faculty and academic affairs at the Chandler School of Theology at Emory University, will examine the legacy of the Reformation from several key perspect…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/500th-anniversary-of-reformation-in-age-of-global-christianitySophomore Class Dinner: Expanding Your Story
As you return to campus, no longer a new student, but perhaps not completely decided about your next three years at CMC, what new things will you try this year? What will you focus your energies on? Will you study abroa…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/sophomore-class-dinner-expanding-your-storyProgress Towards a Game of Life Decision Support System
Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1990 for his work on portfolio theory, Harry Markowitz will discuss why household financial decisions for individuals and/or families should be considered part of the “Game o…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/progress-towards-game-of-life-decision-support-system