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Post aligns well with our directors’ book club current read - Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries.

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Great book!

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What's a key takeaway from your time with that book, Susan?

Would you recommend the read?

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I'll chime in. The book is well-written, and enjoyable read, informative, provocative and helpful Author Safi Bahcall describes Loonshots as "ideas that seem downright crazy right up to the moment it becomes unthinkable that anyone ever did things differently." That's why one of his key rules is to provide a shelter - a protective space - for creatives to work on their ideas. His use of historical accounts provide a solid foundation and he draws practical conclusions that have had a profound effect on my thinking about innovation and now to nurture an innovative culture.

Here's a link to a book summary written by the Bahcall: https://lifeclub.org/books/loonshots-safi-bahcall-review-summary

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Thanks, Mark!

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