What’s next (1)? Empowering differences, learning from leadership, and equity in management after In Search of Excellence

Awareness of the high stakes involved in defining existing or new realities is part of what lies behind the following slightly acerbic exchange published in Stuart Ewen’s (1996) account of his encounter with Edward Bernays:

I told him that I knew a great deal about him, his life and contributions, and added that I had recently published a book exploring the influence of commercial imagery on the contours of American society.