C H A P T E R7
A Leap of the Mind
How Integrative Thinkers Connect the Dots
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
—Archimedes
ACTUARIES JOKE that they’re like accountants, but without the sizzling personality. And at first blush, actuary Taddy Blecher, cofounder of CIDA City Campus, an innovative South African university, seems to fit the stereotype. The gold medal winner in 1990 as the top actuarial science student in the country, he is small and slight and wears the obligatory thick-lensed spectacles. His rumpled clothes and running shoes speak volumes about his fashion sense.
But the stereotype crumbles as soon as he opens his mouth:
When people say “you can’t do it,” and all the reasons ...
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