Leadership Stories
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The Prosecutor Who Put Genocide on the Record (Raphaël Lemkin, Poland/USA)
Raphaël Lemkin invented the word genocide and pushed it into international law. Naming a crime changes what the world will tolerate.
The Man Who Turned a Hotel Into a Lifeboat
In 1994 Kigali, a four-star hotel became a lifeboat. Leadership is protection when systems fail, using whatever tools exist.