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FaceTime with the Content Guy:  A Columbus Day Tale

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Today is Columbus Day, and I want to share with you a story from the early days of Mrs. Content Guy’s elementary school teaching career that I think offers a relevant lesson about epistemic closure that can be applied to business.  (It also illustrates why we should all have had teachers like Mrs. Content Guy, and want our children to have teachers like her.  I remain in awe.)

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