Notations From the Grid (Weekly Edition): Random Thoughts On Our World....

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We begin with this courtesy of the team at Goldman Sachs as the challenge of Tribalism in our political process which we view as quite timely in light of what is on-going in Washington:

David Solomon of Goldman Sachs and Katie Couric of Katie Couric Media

When Katie Couric assumed the helm at CBS Evening News in 2006, she made history by becoming the first woman to solo anchor a network news evening broadcast. At a recent Talks at GS with Goldman Sachs President and Chief Operating Officer David Solomon, Couric described how she approached the position: "I thought, if I have an opportunity to be a strong, competent, capable woman and have young girls and young boys see that, perhaps I could break down some of these barriers that existed for women." Couric also discussed her new documentary series on the National Geographic Channel, America Inside Out with Katie Couric, which explores the power of dialogue to bridge the American political divide. "If you're not with people who are different than you, who have different life experiences, different perspectives, you can never actually have an exchange of ideas and open-hearted conversation," Couric said. "And so I really did try to help people become reacquainted with their empathy muscle in the process of doing this documentary series."

It was also a day of tragedy in Israel as the new US Embassy was officially opened that we were noting on our Twitter Channel and assessing throughout--although the Government of Israel blamed Hamas and accused it of War Crimes:

Israel Yesterday

As we have been assessing the aftermath of what happened in Israel yesterday, we captured this courtesy of Vala Afshar (a favorite of ours as we tend to curation of Twitter) as we leave you w/this:

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. —Mark Twain