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Slowing Down: How Speed Accelerates Bias

The message, shared in a nearby neighborhood Facebook group, raised alarms: Please be aware of your surroundings. There was a strange vehicle that followed us in the neighborhood. He lingered… Continue Reading...

Productivity in the Time of Coronavirus

Effectiveness, Life Balance

Slowing down can sharpen the senses. Less activity can lead to greater clarity. Less is more. Variations of this truth have been passed down through the ages by deep practitioners… Continue Reading...

Quotes To Ponder

Innovation, Leadership

Revisiting wise quotes from books we’ve read is a way to maintain our bearings. We may even experience those books, and the quotes, differently than we first did. As Heraclitus… Continue Reading...

Why Empathy Matters

Leadership, Sales

There was a funny story I read many years ago set during the “Management By Walking Around” fad, so named because it encouraged managers to leave the cocoon of their… Continue Reading...

Regaining Your Momentum

Effectiveness, Life Balance

You’ve been “safer at home”. You’ve adapted to remain productive. You started with zeal. “Let’s do this!” you said to yourself. Maybe you decided to become a more intentional and… Continue Reading...

The Hazard of Moral Licensing During a Pandemic

Leadership, Life Balance

We’ve all seen scandals where the fiscally conservative legislator is caught misallocating funds for personal use, or the community activist taking some advantage of people in their charge. These sorts… Continue Reading...

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