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Herding Cats (other)
Herding cats may refer to: * An idiom denoting a futile attempt to control or organize a class of entities which are inherently uncontrollable—as in the difficulty of attempting to command individual cats into a group (herd). * ''(Managing people is like) Herding Cats: Warren Bennis on leadership'', by Warren Bennis, first published 1 January 1997 by Executive Excellence Publishing, Provo UT. * Herding Cats, or Cat Herders, a commercial from Electronic Data Systems, 2000 * ''Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers'', by J. Hank Rainwater, first published 2002 by Apress, Berkeley CA * '' Herding Cats: A Life in Politics'', a 2005 book written by United States Senator Trent Lott * ''Herding Cats'' (album) (1999), the second album by the band Gaelic Storm * ''Herding Cats'', a play by Lucinda Coxon * ''Herding Cats'', a book by Graeme Davies, metallurgist and university administrator * ''Herding Cats: Multiparty Mediation in a Complex World'', a book by Chest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idiom
An idiom is a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase. Categorized as formulaic language, an idiom's figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning. Idioms occur frequently in all languages; in English alone there are an estimated twenty-five million idiomatic expressions. Derivations Many idiomatic expressions were meant literally in their original use, but sometimes the attribution of the literal meaning changed and the phrase itself grew away from its original roots—typically leading to a folk etymology. For instance, the phrase "spill the beans" (meaning to reveal a secret) is first attested in 1919, but has been said to originate from an ancient method of voting by depositing beans in jars, which could be spilled, prematurely revealing the results. Other idioms are deliberately figurative. For example, "break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Bennis
Warren Gamaliel Bennis (March 8, 1925 – July 31, 2014) was an American scholar, organizational consultant and author, widely regarded as a pioneer of the contemporary field of Leadership studies.Center for Public Leadership , , Fall 2005 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat Herders
Cat Herders is a commercial made by Fallon for Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Alluding to the management-speak idiom "It's like herding cats" that refers to the impossibility of controlling the uncontrollable, it posits an analogy between herding cats and the solution of seemingly impossible problems by EDS. Using a "giant Western metaphor", it features "grizzled cowboys" herding thousands of cats across the Montana prairie, terminating in the satisfactory resolution "EDSolved". The commercial was shown on 30 January 2000 at the Super Bowl XXXIV and was cited by then-President Bill Clinton as his favorite commercial.James Fox on "EDS' Herding Cats" (2000) on Momentology, "The Most Memorable Super Bowl Ads of All Time" [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Life In Politics
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herding Cats (album)
''Herding Cats'' is the second studio album by Gaelic Storm, released in 1999. The band was still riding on their fame from their onscreen performance in the 1997 film '' Titanic''. "Drink the Night Away" is a pub sing-along where raising a glass is implored. "Heart of the Ocean" and "She Was the Prize" are original compositions sung by the guitarist. "Heart of the Ocean" is a longing, slow song while "She Was the Prize" is reminiscent of traditional Irish love songs. "The Ferryman" is the first song by the band to feature a didgeridoo. "After Hours at McGann's", "Breakfast at Lady A's", "The Park East Polkas", "The Devil Went Down to Doolin", "The Broken Promise" and "Titanic Set" are all fast-paced, foot-tapping instrumentals that were inspired by a great deal of drinking, according to liner notes. "Titanic Set" features the jig "Blarney Pilgrim" and the reel "Drowsy Maggie" , which could be heard in the movie Titanic (1997). "South Australia" is a styled after sailing son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucinda Coxon
Lucinda Coxon (born 1962) is an English playwright and screenwriter. She was born in Derby. Education In 1981, Coxon enrolled at Somerville College, Oxford. Works Plays Coxon's plays include ''Improbabilities'' at Soho Poly; ''Waiting at the Water's Edge'' and ''Wishbones'' at the Bush Theatre, London; ''Three Graces'' at Lakeside Theatre, Colchester and the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester; ''Nostalgia'' at South Coast Repertory, California; '' The Ice Palace'' from the novel by Tarjei Vesaas – for the National Theatre Connections scheme. ''Vesuvius'' at South Coast Repertory, California; '' The Shoemaker's Incredible Wife'' from Federico García Lorca – also for the National Theatre Connections scheme. Her play – '' Happy Now?'' – premiered at the Cottesloe Theatre, National Theatre, London in 2008. It has since been produced for Yale Repertory Theater's 2008–2009 Season, and Primary Stages Theater's 25th Anniversary Season in 2009–2010. "The Eternal Not" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Davies
Sir Graeme John Davies (7 April 1937 – 30 August 2022) was a New Zealand engineer, academic and administrator. During his career, he was Vice-Chancellor of three universities: the University of Liverpool, the University of Glasgow and the University of London. Early life He was the son of Harry John Davies and Gladys Edna Davies (née Pratt). He was born in New Zealand and attended Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland. He later attended the University of Auckland when he obtained a BE in Aeronautical Engineering and PhD in Materials Science. His doctoral thesis was entitled ''The work-hardening behaviour of polycrystalline copper during interrupted tensile testing''. Career In 1962 Davies moved to the University of Cambridge, and subsequently became a Fellow and Dean of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, obtaining an MA and ScD. Davies taught metallurgy at the University of Auckland (1964–1966), the University of Cambridge (1966–1977) and the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Crocker
Chester Arthur Crocker (born October 29, 1941) is an American diplomat and scholar who served as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from June 9, 1981, to April 21, 1989, in the Reagan administration. Crocker, architect of the U.S. policy of "constructive engagement" towards Southern Africa including apartheid-era History of South Africa in the apartheid era, South Africa, is credited with setting the terms of Namibian independence. Background Crocker was born in New York City in 1941. He attended Ohio State University and graduated with distinction in History in 1963. He obtained a master's degree at Johns Hopkins University in 1965, followed by a Ph.D at the School of Advanced International Studies. From 1969 to 1970, Crocker was a lecturer in African government and politics at the American University in Washington, D.C. He was recruited to join the United States National Security Council, National Security Council by Henry Kissinger in 1970, but returned to academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Andersen
Sarah Andersen is an American cartoonist and illustrator, and the author of the webcomic '' Sarah's Scribbles''. Biography Andersen graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2014. While attending MICA, she started drawing the semi-autobiographic webcomic ''Sarah's Scribbles'' (previously called ''Doodle Time''). She won the Goodreads Choice Award in Best Graphic Novels & Comics three years in a row for ''Sarah's Scribbles''. In 2016, she won the Goodreads Choice Award for her debut book, '' Adulthood is a Myth''. She won in 2017 for her book ''Big Mushy Happy Lump'' and in 2018 for her book ''Herding Cats''. Andersen collaborated with the novelist Andy Weir on the graphic novel ''Cheshire Crossing'', which was released in July 2019. Based on an earlier comic by Weir, the story follows Wendy Darling from Peter Pan, Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz, and Alice Liddell from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at a boarding school called "Cheshire Crossing." In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herd Mentality
Herd mentality, mob mentality or pack mentality describes how people can be influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors on a largely emotional, rather than rational, basis. When individuals are affected by mob mentality, they may make different decisions than they would have individually. Social psychologists study the related topics of group intelligence, crowd wisdom, groupthink, and deindividuation. History The idea of a " group mind" or "mob behavior" was first put forward by 19th-century social psychologists Gabriel Tarde and Gustave Le Bon. Herd behavior in human societies has also been studied by Sigmund Freud and Wilfred Trotter, whose book ''Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War'' is a classic in the field of social psychology. Sociologist and economist Thorstein Veblen's ''The Theory of the Leisure Class'' illustrates how individuals imitate other group members of higher social status in their consumer behavior. More recently, Malcolm Gladwell in ''The Tipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
