A Conversation on How to Lead in a Post-Literate Work World

A Conversation on How to Lead in a Post-Literate Work World

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The panel examines the meaning and crisis of literacy in a post-literate society and what it means for 21st-century leadership. The discussion highlights how declining long-form reading impacts critical thinking, decision-making, and social cohesion, while exploring the evolving responsibilities of leaders as communicators, teachers, and curators of insight in a digital, short-attention world. Practical strategies and perspectives are shared for bridging generational gaps, fostering book-based conversation, and adapting leadership to new realities.

Mentioned Book Titles and Authors:

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor FranklLeadership Lessons from the Five Books of Moses by Jonathan SacksThe Odyssey by Homer (referencing Emily Wilson’s translation)Notes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeUlysses by Alfred, Lord TennysonMere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Federalist Papers and Anti-Federalist PapersCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOutwitting the Devil by Napoleon HillHost:

Jesan SorrellsGuest Panelists:

Richard MessingJohn HillTom LibbyBrian BagleyHana Kabele GalaNeal KalechofskyDorollo Nixon, Jr.David BaumruckerChristen B. HorneDr. Moumin QuaziHana Kabele Gala---

The Articles that Inspired the Conversation:

The End of Reading is Here by Rose Horowich - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/Leading in the Post-Literate West by Jesan Sorrells - https://jesanmsorrells.micro.blog/2026/07/16/leading-in-the-postliterate-west.html---

Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air"  from Orchestra Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 Closing theme composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.---

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