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On Rules of Thumb

  • Dave Whorton
  • Tugboat Institute
July 22, 2025

Creating an Employee Value Proposition Straight from the Source

  • Bart Ricketts
  • Lease Crutcher Lewis
July 15, 2025

How “Thinking Week” Transforms Businesses

  • Tim Huelskamp
  • 1440 Media
July 08, 2025
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Both/And Thinking: Harnessing the Positive Potential of Tensions

  • Marianne Lewis
  • Carl L. Linder College of Business, University of Cincinnati
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Leading Through Uncertainty – Tugboat Institute® Summit 2025

  • Jackie Hawkins
  • Tugboat Institute
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Lessons From Our $2 Million Tuition

  • Jim Smucker
  • The Keim Company
June 10, 2025

A Family Legacy, An ESOP Future

  • Shawn Burcham
  • PFSbrands
June 03, 2025
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Why Employees Quit and How to Use Evergreen® Principles to Keep Them

  • Michael Horn
  • Clayton Christensen Center for Disruptive Innovation
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The Data + Human-Centric Approach that Dramatically Improved Retention for P.J. Wallbank Springs, Inc.

  • Chris Wallbank
  • P.J. Wallbank Springs
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Pushing the Boundaries of Client-Centric Innovation

  • Jim Jurgielewicz
  • Joe Jurgielewicz & Son
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