Considering a Leader’s Workplace Temperament
It’s likely Amy Klobuchar didn’t expect to focus on workplace temperament during her campaign, but this is a chance to consider what we need from our leaders.
3 Principles to Help Us Get Outside Our Echo Chambers
Many of us live in a world where certain ideas are amplified or beliefs are reinforced by everyone around us. How can we escape our echo chambers?
The Long Game: Leadership Lessons from John McCain
Inspired by the life of Senator John McCain, Eric Torrence shares some lessons he’s learned about focusing on the long game.
How to Know if You Are a Know-It-All
Nobody is an expert on everything. So why is our culture overridden with know-it-alls? Here’s how to know if you are one and how to change it if you are.
Considering Citizenship
How much thought have you put into your citizenship? Writer Maya James, has decided she no longer wants hers to just happen to her.
Lack of Character: Sufficient Cause to Remove a President?
When a president lacks the depth and breadth of character, should they be removed? Our answer sets the stage for future generations.
Tips for Taking Action from Claire Mahon
Most mornings in my home go something like this: wake up too early to the sound of smartphone alarm clock, rub eyes and check social media feeds and email, crawl back under covers due to overwhelming feelings of despair and frustration, get out of bed and push away the helplessness to work/mom/live. The words HUMAN…
When Labels Lie
It is not a good time to be a pollster. Up until Tuesday, November 8, the presidential election felt less like an expression of democracy and more like a sporting event, complete with quarter by quarter updates on who was “up” and by how much. We even had a probability percentage on the likelihood of…
The Coming Day After
Big decisions happen on a given day. Although big decisions do not happen every day, we know the big decision or event days when they come. Tomorrow is Election Day in the United States of America, and it is a big day. More than Election Day itself is the coming day after. Tomorrow sets a…
Business Leaders Raising Political Voices
Politics and business have been intermixed for a long time. Even so, another shift is occurring. The Global Strategy Group began conducting an annual Business and Politics: Do They Mix? research study. The 2014 Annual study found that 56 percent of Americans “now believe that corporations should take a stance on political and social issues,…
Presidential Views: Leading
In America, it is election time. Leaders are raising their voices and ideas, and many are concerned, confused, and conflicted. Worldwide, people are curious and anxious as well. Words are spewed with seemingly little thought, yet the words are what worry many, wondering if what is said would become what is done. History resonates. Past…
Why Deep Thinking Is Needed Now More Than Ever
Big issues face us – macro and micro. To solve our issues and find common ground we need deep thinking now more than ever.