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How Sally Jewell's zigzags helped her scale many peaks

How Sally Jewell’s zigzags helped her scale many peaks

When President Obama tapped Sally Jewell to be secretary of the Department of the Interior, she was CEO of Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI). Her zigzag career made her an especially attractive candidate for the position, which involves an $11 billion budget, 70,000 employees and stewardship of one-fifth of the nation’s lands, according to The New...

How Le Carré works

We don’t often hear about the work habits of those who are good at what they do. Or when we do, they are misleading. In recent years, the press has focussed perhaps too much on people who made names for themselves while still quite young with seemingly little effort. Mark Zuckerberg comes to mind. Perhaps...