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We have to go forward to the era of working together as a community, as a team, as one america. >> important to that moment, john? >> well, you just showed lyndon johnson who in 1964 and '65 proposed a great society. lyndon johnson had argued with characteristic texas maude industry these were the most exciting times to live in since christ was born in bethlehem, which lyndon thought was in texas. but in many ways, 30 years on what clinton was saying is there was a new democratic party. that in fact the state could not be the first instrument of public action, that there had to be consultation...

Manage products using the uh-oh idea. >> oh, my, yes, indeed. so, there's a researcher named connie gersich at yale whose done research on how project teams work. the idea is when a team has a project, they work in a steady, linear way, and she found that videotaping tons of project teams, audio taping them, watching what they actually do and say, that most teams at the beginning of a project do nothing. they tend to start getting going at the exact midpoint of a project. so if a team that has 34 days to do something, they don't really do anything the first 16 days. on day 17, they say, uh-oh,...

Everything but it's a big thing. >> tell me about this one. manage projects using the uh-oh idea. >> yes indeed. there's a researcher at yale that has done fascinating research on how project teams work. we tend to think when a team has a project they work in a steady linear way. most teams at the beginning of a project do nothing. they tend to start getting going at the exact midpoint of a project. so if a team that has 34 days to do something, they don't really do anything the first 16 days. on day 17 they say uh-oh, we squandered half of our time, we've got to get going. instead of the line...

Midpoint, we can pretend we're a little bit behind. there's research from the national basketball association, the nba, that shows that in general teams ahead at halftime are more likely to win the game with one exception. teams that are down by one point at halftime are actually more likely to win a game than teams that are up by one point. >> let's talk about working with your employees on their reviews. bad news first. you end on a good note. is that right? >> how many times have you said or heard i've got some good news and some bad news? and when we deliver that combo, we often give the g...

♪what you mean to me ♪don't tell me it's not worth trying for♪ ♪you know it's true ♪everything i do ♪i do it for you [ dramatic music plays ] >> we now stand 10 years past the midpoint of a century that has witnessed four major wars among great nations. three of these involved our own country. >> dwight david eisenhower was born in denison, texas, on october 14, 1890, the third of seven brothers.