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Our DEI Policy Is In Place! How Is It the Hard Work is Just Beginning?
It is well known that having a Diversity-Equity-Inclusion policy in place does not necessarily mean that an organization is achieving any of its DEI goals and sometimes the situation gets worse. Why is this? Because having a policy does not automatically equate to increased diversity and, even more important, a workplace that feels welcoming and
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When Time is the Enemy
Time seems to be speeding up. While there is some debate on whether this is true, there is much less debate on whether the rate of change is speeding up. Influenced by increasing globalization, 24 hour news cycles, competitive pressures, rapidly changing technology, emergence of the new and accelerating obsolescence (planned or otherwise) of
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Why “Just the Facts Ma’am” Doesn’t Work
You can’t win an argument, particularly an emotional one, with facts, no matter how hard you try. You have tried, right? Did the conversation you were having turn into an argument or debate? Did the other person reach for their own contradictory facts? Rather than changing your mind, did you find yourself becoming more entrenched
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How Susceptible Are You to Manipulation?
Worldview Intelligence is an approach that offers you the opportunity to short-circuit this unconscious messaging. It gives you the awareness, knowledge and skills to press the pause button, to be curious about your interpretations so you can act more mindfully, intentionally or strategically.
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Be Afraid. But Not For the Reasons You Might Think
Be afraid. Be very afraid. But not for the reasons you might think. We are living in precipitous times. We are in danger of losing our humanity through fear. Fear of what and who we do not know. I am writing this in the Charles de Gaulle airport as I wait for my flight home
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Amygdala Hijacks and Triggers
Not too long ago I was in a planning meeting in Fargo, ND with my partner Jerry Nagel and two of our colleagues from Folkways. After the meeting I was headed to the airport to catch the first of my three flights to take me home to Halifax, NS. While still in the meeting I get a text and glancing
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