R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to your business
In the three decades I’ve been in the world of employment, I’ve only ever had disciplinary action taken against me once. And that was for...
What we fight about when we fight about staplers
Today I was going to post something about the danger of constructive feedback and the conflicts caused by it, but then this story...
Thunder beats rainbows: why clashes are better than harmony
Presumably, we agree that diversity and its good pal inclusivity are good things. We’ll also agree that open minds work better than closed ones,...
Brexit means Crexit
I’ve always hated the term Brexit. But I’m not a fan of portmanteau words in general. You can keep your ‘infomercials’, ‘edutainment’ and ‘dramedies’....
How to be less optimal
As we consider how to embrace outsiders, how to be inclusive in the truest sense, I find myself drawn to what I consider to...
Making room for Muslims
The news was playing in the background showing the usual montage of brown bodies, beards and foreign accents. The topic? I don’t remember. It...
When Outsiders Became Insiders: The Volkswagen campaign of the 1960s
The ads are over 50 years old. But their simplicity and wit still make every copywriter and art director jealous. In fact, the campaign...
Changing the law: how American police are dealing with prejudice
I was staying in Florida in August 2014 when everything kicked off in Ferguson, Missouri. This was a town that most people had never heard...
Everyone’s a little bit racist
I can’t tell you the exact moment when I became aware of my own mortality. But I can tell you that I was never...
What sex is your brain?
There is a small village in the Dominican Republic where something quite magical can happen to 12-year-old girls. The magical thing is that after...