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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Oppenheimer – Barbenheimer Part 2

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The second film for the Barbenheimer weekend is the Christopher Nolan film, Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer tells the story of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy). He’s the creator of the atomic bomb. 

The Barbie and Oppenheimer movies couldn’t be more different from one another. Barbie is a fun romp, while Oppenheimer tackles the difficult decisions and consequences of the creation of a bomb that killed hundreds of thousands of people. 

That’s what makes Barbenheimer such a great idea; you get a fun movie with a weighty film.

Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer movie

Oppenheimer will deliver on that front if you’re looking for something heavy. It’ll also drop an atomic bomb of leadership lessons on you as well.

Read on for the outstanding leadership lessons found in Oppenheimer.  Read more...

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Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Christoper Nolan’s Dunkirk

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Christopher Nolan is back with a tale from World War 2. Dunkirk tells the story of French, Belgian, and British allied soldiers surrounded by the German army. Their evacuation was intense and the focus of Dunkirk.

Dunkirk is receiving praise from critics and moviegoers alike. People are loving what Christopher Nolan has offered up in Dunkirk.

Quotes and leadership lessons from Dunkirk

Me? Not so much. I found Dunkirk to be entertaining but shallow. Normally the shallowness wouldn’t bother me but for such an epic evacuation, I felt the story deserved more.

However, even though I didn’t love Dunkirk, that doesn’t mean I didn’t walk away without leadership lessons from Dunkirk. There were plenty of leadership lessons in Dunkirk and we’re about to dive into them.

Caution: Dunkirk spoilers below.

Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Dunkirk

1. Leaders need to give hope:

Dunkirk opens with a text introduction. The viewer learns what has happened.  Read more...