Ken Adelman: How to Think Like Shakespeare

Every successful leader can mine golden knowledge from the works of the Bard.

Ignoring the legacy of William Shakespeare is difficult for any writer, let alone one as quintessentially English as “Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Russian writer’s scorn went beyond a difference in taste; Leo Tolstoy virulently hated everything Shakespeare had come to stand for.

The game is afoot! It seems Shakespeare borrowed language from his contemporaries more directly than we previously realized. 

Why did Shakespeare find fault in ambition?