If you’ve got all your money in front of you, and you put it all on black (or red) you might just be betting your last dollar. Your bottom dollar, if you will. Employers and employees in the last century used to believe that motivation and morale were traits that could be Read more…
Our personal assistants have names like Cloe, Clara, Julie, Luka and Amy. [powerpress] Our devices have names like Alexa, Siri and Cortana. We are getting the future we were promised, though not evenly distributed (as has been pointed out in the past), and not in the same areas simultaneously. Soon, Read more…
There is knowing the path toward peace, and there is having the courage to follow the path. Many people know what they ought to do (or should do) but refuse to do it, mostly due to the influence of fears. Many people know what they ought to do (or should Read more…
In our desire to run forward to the new, we have forgotten as a global culture, that history still matters to many individual people. You can’t vote against history, and you can’t go back to the past, but nostalgia is a terrible driver. History matters, particularly when the rate of Read more…
Putting in the work has to happen even as the work changes. Work is no longer just about physical labor. Work is no longer just about mental labor. Work is now about spiritual and emotional labor. Putting in the work changes when the labor changes. Labor is no longer about getting Read more…
The hinge swings both ways. Human beings made the system of conflict you are in; they can unmake it. The knife cuts both ways. In for a penny, in for a pound. When you’re in a conflict, it may seem as though there is no way out of it. When Read more…
Yes, changing your conflict culture in your workplace will require you to take risks with courage. Yes, changing the conflict culture of your workplace will require you to start with yourself and them move onto all those “other people” who currently seem so problematic to you. Yes, changing the conflict Read more…
We often engage in conflicts on ground we didn’t choose. We go into engagements with people and wander through them, surprised by the depth of the presenting problems, caught off guard by the visceral nature of the emotions, and completely off balance in how to respond. In addressing conflicts on Read more…
In any conflict, the hardest thing to do is to hold onto your heart. When people mediate conflicts, whether professionally or informally, they run the risk of being demoralized by seeing the behavior of participants in the conflict. Have you ever heard the joke about the family and divorce mediator Read more…
Blogging is still the easiest, lowest cost, way to build a business, establish a client base, become an influencer, or just to use a voice that matters. It’s almost free marketing that is always on, always distributed, and always accessible. There are great ADR professionals such as Cinnie Noble, Tammy Read more…