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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Near the start of a ten-day training program about five years ago, Graham, a lead instructor, paired me with Heath. Young, powerfully built, and low to the ground, Heath had many of the characteristics of a promising football running back. Great vision. Exceptional quickness and agility. Outstanding acceleration and speed. Wonderful durability and strength. Good team player with a personality similar to Danny Kanel, retired quarterback and current ESPN analyst.
After the program, Heath and I remained in close contact,…..
Trumpcare. Ryancare. Obamacare 2.0. Obamacare-lite. Swampcare.
Names attached by conservative opponents to the recently-introduced American Health Care Act (AHCA), the Republican plan, to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare.
Confused yet?
Add to this the usual name-calling, fact-hurling melee, and most sane people will dive into the NCAA basketball tournaments; the latest reality TV show, movie, or romance novel; or bond more closely to friends and family, hoping that our hard-working, effective politicians will…..
Music is full of tensions: dissonant sounds that our ears believe should be resolved. And most of the time, they are.
But sometimes, composers and arrangers set up a unique type of tension when they deliberately write (or improvise) something in a style totally different from what we expect.
Take, for example, Jimi Hendrix’s iconic improvisation on “The Star-Spangled Banner.” (1) Instead of the usual militaristic waltz with which most of us are familiar, Hendrix’s performance is full of guitar…..
“In today’s political climate, diversity training has the potential to make a huge positive impact in addressing biases and prejudice within organizations,” says Kate Bezrukova, PhD, associate professor of organization and human resources in the University of Buffalo’s School of Management.
Thus begins another article (1) summarizing diversity training best practices.
About two years ago, the business press began focusing on research showing that diversity enhances creativity, opens new markets, and, generally, increases profits. But how strong is the connection…..
Breaking Barriers - Working and Loving While Blind