Gordon Schmidt and Sy Islam on Leadership Lessons from Superheroes
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The marvel cinematic universe, or MCU, comprises 29 films that together have pulled in $27.432 billion in total revenue. And industrial and organizational psychologists Gordon Schmidt and Sy Islam argue that there’s plenty that we might learn from these films. In fact, they go deep into this topic in their book, Leaders Assemble: Leadership in the MCU. Tune into this great conversation about how we might learn about leadership from popular culture, and more specifically, from superheroes.  Links and Other Information Leaders Assemble! Leadership in the MCU (Amazon) More about Sy: Twitter, LinkedIn, website, ResearchGate More about Gordon: Twitter, LinkedIn, ResearchGate Popular culture blog posts:  What Should Matthew Be Doing? A Job Analysis for being a Raven Hidden Figures, Hidden Talent Building Wakanda for Team #SIOP Job Analysis of an SNL Host Parks and Recreation: A Workplace Sitcom for your IO, OB, or HR class May the Fourth of Networking Be With you  All episodes of The Indigo Podcast Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter
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