When do you change the photos? We all face this simple family decision. When do we update the family photo in the living room? When do we swap out the old family…
Tag: Anxiety
Quick Review: Negotiating the Non-Negotiable
The best of the negotiation books I’ve read this year has been Daniel Shapiro’s Negotiating the Non-Negotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts. Shapiro heads the Harvard International Negotiation Program and was…
Quick Review: Smiling Tiger Hidden Dragon
I’ve read Dr. John Ng’s book on conflict management Smiling Tiger, Hidden Dragon over the past month and want to share some thoughts on it. I also had the opportunity to do…
Nothing May Be Better Than Something
In a multi-ethnic context, “Nothing May Be Better Than Something” In a pragmatic world, this statement is anathema. But in the absence of knowing how to truly serve a different community, demographic, or…
Glass Houses
I’ve come across the popular idiom a few times recently “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” It’s something people say when someone criticizes hypocritically (and perhaps blindly) others for…
Dangers for Discerners: Elementary
The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in the Sherlock Holmes narrative, originally created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There have been two feature films released recently with the…
Stats Lie Pt. 10 -Quick Thots From The Movie Moneyball
I am re-posting this blog in preparation for my next few posts that will relate to the book Moneyball and because I think this post and those to come belong in my…
Leaders Help People Become Uncomfortable
I came across this quote and thought it was genius and very much in line with several recent posts about human anxiety in systems and in general bad and destructive behavior. “A…
Stemming the Tide of Scapegoating Pt. 2
Since the Superbowl is almost here, I wanted to do one more post related to Scapegoating following the AFC and NFC Championship games two weeks ago. My last post centered around the…