[Strategy] I’m Right

The reason why talk of biases (implicit and otherwise) doesn’t connect with audiences listening for tips on how to manage conflict, is that the audience already knows that they’re biased. And they’re fine with it. The challenge is not to harangue them until they give in and admit that biases Read more…

Network Leap

The deep revelation of the revolution called the Internet, is that it continues to demonstrate that networks are the most valuable resource that an individual, a corporation, or a government possesses in order to leverage innovation, change, and advancement. Of course, during the height of the Industrial Revolution last century, Read more…

HIT Piece 10.25.2016

The top six questions for leaders (or aspiring leaders) at work, are as follows: Who is responsible for the organizational culture at work? You, or your boss? Who is responsible for the conflict culture at work? You, or your boss? Who is responsible for the innovation at work? You, or Read more…

[Strategy] If I Were You…

“If I were you…” is the worst beginning to providing feedback to anyone. The statement merely says, if the person giving the feedback were the person receiving the feedback then this is what the feedback would be. This is a poorly considered bit of critical shorthand, because if the person Read more…

[Opinion] Developing the Present

When in economic development conversations with government officials, investors, and concerned community members, the tension is always revealed at a certain point in the dialogue. Usually it comes in the form of either (or both) of the assertions below: In the past, one person (typically a politician, or group of Read more…

HIT Piece 10.18.2016

Transparency means different things to different people. Some people believe that transparency means establishing, maintaining, and growing connection to another person. Some people believe that transparency means collaboration with another person or with a group of people. Some people believe that transparency means authenticity, a species of “being real” or Read more…