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Ireland – Day 3 – “If”

Today was classroom time at Trinity College in Dublin with five gracious, generous, and inspiring leaders/entrepreneurs. (more…)
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Ireland – Day 2 – Saddest Letter

We're 100% as the two remaining students finally made it from Chicago this morning!  As scheduled, we visited Kilmainham Gaol (jail) where the students learned about the Centennial of the Easter...
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Ireland – Day 1 – Why Worry?

The Irish are known for their gift of gab, and I came across the attached "philosophy" while visiting the beautiful town of Howthe on the coast east of Dublin.  This...
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Ireland – Arrival

What a difference a week makes.  One week ago, I was getting stitched up after a bad bike crash in Phoenix.  Today, I had a fantastic lunch meeting with Western Union...
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Ireland – Departure

We've been running the "Leadership & Entrepreneurship in Ireland" since 2011, and we're headed back to Dublin and Belfast through the end of the month. The students will be working...
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Ireland – Day 5 (connections)

We met with Kate Tyrell and Ruaidhrí Dowling from the Anglo-Irish Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the Iveagh House.  We lucked out once again in that our visit...
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Ireland – Day 4 (wisdom)

We were in the classroom today with 5 amazing speakers and a special lunch guest: (more…)
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Ireland – Day (off) 3

I wasn't so sure about driving across the country and back in one day - 7 total hours driving on the wrong side of the road, but boy am I...
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Ireland – Day 2

Today was mostly a free day for the students.  We started off with an early tour of Kilmainham Gaol (jail), which helps the students understand the last 100 years of Irish...
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Welcome to Ireland – 2015!

Here we are in Dublin at Trinity College starting our two-week course on Leadership & Entrepreneurship in Ireland!  We've got a great group this year - 7 MBA students, 6 business...
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