Stephen C. Lundin
Author of Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
About the Author
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Series
Works by Stephen C. Lundin
Fish! Tales: Real-Life Stories to Help You Transform Your Workplace and Your Life (2002) 360 copies, 3 reviews
Fish! Sticks: A Remarkable Way to Adapt to Changing Times and Keep Your Work Fresh (2002) 263 copies, 8 reviews
Ubuntu!: An Inspiring Story About an African Tradition of Teamwork and Collaboration (2010) — Author — 66 copies, 3 reviews
The Fish! Facilitator's Guide 10 copies
Fish!: a arte de motivar: casos reais que contribuem para melhorar o ambiente de trabalho e qualidade de vida (2004) 3 copies
Peixe! Para a Vida Inteira 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1941
- Gender
- male
- Short biography
- Harry Paul is currently a full time motivational speaker. He lives in San Diego. Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., is a filmmaker, graduate business school professor, and professional speaker. He runs a corporate membership seminar series as part of the Institute for Management Studies and leads the Institute for Creativity and Innovation at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis. He lives in Minnesota. John Christensen, an award-winning filmmaker, lives is Minneapolis. He is now CEO of ChartHouse Learning Corporation, the leading producer of corporate learning films, including Fish!, the video, which has been adopted by thousands of corporations nationwide. He lives in Minnesota.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Associated Place (for map)
- Canada
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This is a review of Egon Schiele's drawings and watercolours, perhaps around 10% of his 3,000 works, but not of his oil paintings which need to be explored elsewhere.
Jane Kallir, who appears to have dedicated her scholarly life to understanding and interpreting Schiele, provides a succinct and coherent psychological biography, tracing his short life year by year.
The production values (Thames & Hudson but owing a great deal to the editing of Ian Vartanian of Goliga Books in Japan) are superb show more with full page illustrations of the works to a very high standard.
There is not much to add other than that I am persuaded by Kallir's thesis that Schiele's power to move lies in his ability to express individual maturation from adolescence to adulthood.
There is, of course, the strong sexual element to his drawings but it should not be studied to the exclusion of what became his true area of genius - the portrait.
What Schiele does is rescue humanity from the false dichotomy between the erotic and the pornographic in his art while clearly struggling to come to terms with and eventually submit to social expectations.
This is why the life story is usefully read alongside the more intimate drawings and watercolours, away from grand and pompous allegories and market-driven portraiture great though these may be.
The works are an essay in strategies of love and objectification in dealing with the power of the sexual.
They will last so long as men and women are free to choose what they can see in order to effect personal transformation and so long as new individuals emerge to deal with sex and society.
It is a male perspective but, as Ms. Kallir points out, it comes to a view of women as persons in his final years (1917/1918). We can only guess where he might have headed if he had survived the Flu at 28. show less
Jane Kallir, who appears to have dedicated her scholarly life to understanding and interpreting Schiele, provides a succinct and coherent psychological biography, tracing his short life year by year.
The production values (Thames & Hudson but owing a great deal to the editing of Ian Vartanian of Goliga Books in Japan) are superb show more with full page illustrations of the works to a very high standard.
There is not much to add other than that I am persuaded by Kallir's thesis that Schiele's power to move lies in his ability to express individual maturation from adolescence to adulthood.
There is, of course, the strong sexual element to his drawings but it should not be studied to the exclusion of what became his true area of genius - the portrait.
What Schiele does is rescue humanity from the false dichotomy between the erotic and the pornographic in his art while clearly struggling to come to terms with and eventually submit to social expectations.
This is why the life story is usefully read alongside the more intimate drawings and watercolours, away from grand and pompous allegories and market-driven portraiture great though these may be.
The works are an essay in strategies of love and objectification in dealing with the power of the sexual.
They will last so long as men and women are free to choose what they can see in order to effect personal transformation and so long as new individuals emerge to deal with sex and society.
It is a male perspective but, as Ms. Kallir points out, it comes to a view of women as persons in his final years (1917/1918). We can only guess where he might have headed if he had survived the Flu at 28. show less
We are all looking for enjoyment and satisfaction from our work where we spend about 75% of our awake time. This book is a fictional account of a workplace that is a ‘toxic energy dump’ and the motivational management techniques that are put in place to help the workers love the work they do even if they can’t always be doing the work they love. It is based on four lessons: ‘choose your attitude’, ‘play’, ‘make their day’ and ‘be present’. This book was interesting as a show more quick read with some principles that may be useful in the workplace as long as you can get past its ‘Americanisms.’ show less
This one left me feeling a little empty. The book was filled with workplace examples of the concept of Ubuntu. I was hoping to gain more insight into the origins and history of the African tradition and I really didn't feel like I got that. There are plenty of self-help books that serve as aids for facilitating teamwork and collaboration. I was looking to see how this particular cultural tradition is significant and I don't that was well addressed in this book.
Fish!: A remarkable way to boost morale and improve results [Paperback] [May 08, 2014] Stephen C. Lundin by Stephen C. Lundin
I've read this before and this new version isn't much different, just some extra example stories at the end. Still quite some value in this book, just disappointing that the whole company around it has become very commercialised.
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- Works
- 26
- Members
- 3,164
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 59
- ISBNs
- 144
- Languages
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