Mill Creek, WA - April 23, 2026 - Duncan Brand, founder of Intrinsic Leader, LLC, has announced the release of his new book, Mind the Gap, which examines challenges in current leadership development practices and outlines approaches organizations can consider to build leadership capability.

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