Leadership and Discovery by Goethals, George R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Leadership and Discovery Leadership and Discovery CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS

The Editors The Contributors

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction

Plan of the Book Chapter Summaries

PART I CHAPTER ONE Discovery in Astronomy: Ex Uno Plures

Categorizing Astronomical Leadership

Type A Kepler Schmidt Type B Mayor and Queloz/Marcy and Butler Type C Wendy Freedman All Three Combined Jim Gunn

The Future of Astronomical Leadership Notes

CHAPTER TWO The Perils of Searching for Leadership and Discovery: The Case of Jamestown and John Smith

Notes

PART II CHAPTER THREE Leadership in the History of Exploration

Notes

CHAPTER FOUR Leadership and Discovery: Lessons from the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Notes

CHAPTER FIVE Leading NASA in Space Exploration: James E. Webb, Apollo, and Today

Introduction Background and Style Approach Agenda-Setting Adoption Implementation

Using the Honeymoon Period Adapting Rhetoric Selling Post-Apollo

Evaluation-Reorientation

The Apollo Fire Fixing NASA—and North American Defending Himself Rebuilding Credibility

Completion

The Circumlunar Decision A Final Push

Conclusion

Implications for Today

Notes

PART III CHAPTER SIX Self-Discovery

Current Data on the State of Self-Understanding

Self and Peer Assessment Compared The Overinflated Self

Why Is Self-Discovery So Difficult?

The Problem of Errors of Omission The Dual Curse of Incompetence The Impossibility of Complete Feedback

Charting a Course to Self-Discovery

Gaining Feedback Acquiring Mentors Benchmarking Using Others as Proxy for Self Consulting Past Selves

Concluding Remarks Notes

CHAPTER SEVEN Exploration and Discovery in Space

Notes

CHAPTER EIGHT Leadership and Discovery

Notes

PART IV CHAPTER NINE A Conspicuous Absence of Scientific Leadership: The Illusory Epidemic of Autism

How California Coined the Autism Epidemic The Illusory Epidemic Goes National A Tall Tale from California Limitations of the IDEA Data An Epidemic of Hype Pulling the Curtain on the Wizard of Oz Notes

CHAPTER TEN On Giraffes and Bank Accounts: Rethinking Discovery, Creation, and Literary Imagination

George Orwell: Narrative Art as Social Criticism Orwell as Historian: Critique and Defense Orwell as Connected Critic Notes

Conclusion: Understanding Leadership and Discovery

Agency in the Leadership of Discovery Collaboration in the Leadership of Discovery Leadership, Discovery, and Meaning Making The Moral Challenges of Leadership and Discovery Risk, Self-Insight, and the Leadership of Discovery Conclusion Notes

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