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Three Things I Learned at the Urinal
When you are as curious as I am, there are learning opportunities everywhere—even in the bathroom. Lately, when I go to a public restroom, I am reminded of three important leadership lessons. I don’t know where your mind is going but stay with me here. Public men’s restrooms typically have urinals, which are basically […]
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Video Conferencing Options: My Quick Take
For the uninitiated, Zoom, Skype, Google Meet, WebEx, GoToMeeting, FaceTime, and a myriad of others are online video conferencing systems. Choosing which to use can be quite overwhelming. For me, the biggest factor is how easy it is for other people to connect. That comes down to whether they need an account and whether they […]
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Why Global Warming Might Not Matter: A Word for Ideologues
Just to get it out there, I don’t really care about Global Warming and, regardless of how you feel about it, that shouldn’t bother you one bit. To be fair, I would care more if I knew what I should believe. (And I would know what I should believe if I cared more.) I’m reminded […]
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Minimum Wages Need Not Be Arbitrary
For the past year or so, our Nation has been debating minimum wages. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, arguments on both sides are utterly indefensible because they are based primarily on emotion and full of conjecture and anecdotes. To be sure, this same debate comes about every five to ten years and it will continue […]
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Hi! Hey! Hello, dear. (Punctuation and Salutations)
Dear Reader, Writing emails (Sadly, I never send letters anymore) always gives me more than a brief moment of frustration and anxiety because I often don’t know how to open then. Should they be formal or informal, personal or professional, properly punctuated or commonly punctuated? Similarly, I get a little anxious when I come to […]
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Let’s do Lunch!
I like to eat. People who get to know me figure that out really quickly. The last team I led was known for our mutual enjoyment of food. We had Taco Tuesdays, Waffle Wednesdays, Take-out Thursdays, and lunches at Fogo de Chao–not all in the same week but on a regular and frequent basis. Oh, […]
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Appreciating American Prehistory
Today being Columbus Day and me living in England, I’m taking a few minutes to reflect on the richness of American Prehistory. When it comes to Columbus Day, I’m one of those cynical people who rather laugh at the idea that we set aside a day to celebrate a huge navigational blunder that ended up […]
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Colorblind?
Many people take pride in being “colorblind,” that is, unwilling to recognize differences in the color of people’s skin. Not only is it disrespectful to ignore such a significant part of a person’s heritage and cultural background, the example below is an illustration of how detrimental so-called colorblindness is to actually appreciating the person. Follow the […]
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Choosing your College Major
As my children approach college age, the question of college major has come up more than once around the dinner table. Whereas, as a professor years ago, I would tell my students to major in something they really liked, my advice is getting more pragmatic. Yes, major in something you like, but make major in […]
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