Promoting From Within: What We Can Learn from the U.S. Army
If the Army can re-think how it selects and advances its leaders, can you?
The way the Army promotes leaders over the years has – like a lot of things… Continue Reading...
Tough Problems? How Occam Can Help.
When I’m confronted with a complicated problem, and I’m trying to understand possible explanations, I often rely on Occam’s “razor” (which isn’t a razor at all).
William of Occam was… Continue Reading...
Quotes To Ponder
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
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...
The Hazard of Moral Licensing During a Pandemic
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...
George Washington’s Rules of Civility
When he was 16, young George Washington copied a list of “110 Rules for Civility” in an effort to improve his penmanship. Although they are now known as “Washington’s” Rules… Continue Reading...
