Episode description

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

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