The first full day of the 7x24Exchange conference in Phoenix contained numerous references to history. As Mike Manos, now of AOL, said, “There certainly seems to be a lot of historical references at this conference.”
Of course, some history is more important than other history. Mike’s references to Marc Antony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet, Rhett and Scarlett, and Homer and Marge can’t be compared to the historical references made by General (ret) Hugh Shelton during his keynote address. Yet both speakers seemed to address the same topic: leadership. Both speakers had something substantive to say, and both were well received.