Influence: How Things Get Done

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“The extreme sophistication of modern technology — wonderful though its benefits are — is ironically an impediment to engaging young people with basics: with learning how things work.” – Lord Martin Rees, British cosmologist, and astrophysicist At a moment in history when technology is advancing at breath-taking speed, Rees reminds us that the siren call of progress can be a distraction – and not just for the young — from ‘the basics’: from understanding how things actually function and how decisions are really made.   His warning is clearly relevant in the realms of science and is also meaningful for…...

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Mark Brown Mark Brown works with executives who are striving to become more effective leaders. An American based in Europe since 1994, Mark has worked extensively as a facilitator, leadership consultant, and executive coach across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas, with individuals of 75 nationalities. He is currently a director of a Portuguese company providing tri-lingual leadership development to firms worldwide. Mark holds an MBA from Solvay Business School (ULB) in Brussels, an MA from SAIS - Johns Hopkins in Washington, D.C., a diploma from Universidad de Belgrano in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a BA from the University of Florida. A highly experienced executive coach and mentor, he holds a PCC from the International Coach Federation (ICF). Mark has published numerous articles on executive coaching, leadership development, and business strategy and published his first book in 2016, ‘The Empathic Enterprise: Winning by Staying Human in A Digital Age’. He works comfortably in English, Spanish and Portuguese and resides with his wife in Lisbon, Portugal.