I just finished not too long ago the book Interfaith Just Peacemaking: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on the New Paradigm of Peace and War edited by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite. This was…
Tag: Culture
Quick Review: Quiet
Over the past month I read Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain. As I share some thoughts, I disclose that I am an introvert…
Quick Review: 13 Hours
Over the weekend I read 13 Hours by Michael Zuchoff, which I had wanted to read since seeing the “13 Hours” movie that came out in the fall. The book and the…
Green Zone Leadership: Rose Colored Self-Congratulations
The past few days I’ve posted on themes related to the movie The Green Zone from a couple years back and the book that inspired that movie, Imperial Life in the Emerald…
Stats Lie Pt 4: Story & Stats
Did you ever see the Double Rainbow you-tube video? One of the greatest things ever and a reason I’m thankful for the internet. I’ll post it below for you if you haven’t…
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…
Another Brief Review – Breaking Through to Teens
I’ll continue getting back into the swing of things on the blogfront with another book review. I had to recently read Breaking Through to Teens: Psychotherapy for the New Adolescence by Ron…
Jumping the Line as a Moral Act
I read this recently from Seth Godin on innovation and the status quo… “Too often, we’re persuaded that initiative and innovation and bypassing the status quo is some sort of line jumping,…
Leading Three Sheets to the Wind
I thought for the next installment of my unorganized series of posts that I could call “Leading on the Seas” that I would choose one of the more colorful terms in sailing…