April 12th, 2013
I came across the above quote earlier this week and it reminded me of the topic of my last few blog posts and some of the responses and e-mails that they have generated. Thanks for those, by the way. It seems to me that there might be something important to be sorted out here. Mr. [Read More…]
April 8th, 2013
“Men are alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.” – Moliere I continue to wrestle with this tension between principles and compromise. I think it is a false dichotomy as compromise itself is a principle, but I think that there is some good conversation to be had around the [Read More…]
April 2nd, 2013
Got some great responses from the last blog post regarding principles and compromise; and on a national level this seems to be something that we are really struggling with right now. I think the idea that you cannot be a person of principle and compromise is dangerous, I think that it invites unnecessary drama and [Read More…]
March 27th, 2013
I recently watched “The World According to Dick Cheney.” Interesting guy, interesting film. Something that struck me was a statement made by the former Vice President toward the end of the film. “If you’re a man of principle, compromise is a bit of a dirty word.” This belief (regardless of who holds it) seems reckless [Read More…]
March 4th, 2013
Potpourri 1-Looking forward to heading to Austin this week and participating in TalentNet Live on Friday. Cool event with a lot of cool folks involved and I am looking forward to doing the closing keynote…hoping to make some new connections between diversity and talent. I will slap my slides up on slideshare when they are [Read More…]
February 18th, 2013
A moment of silence for straight white men, please. You have seen the headlines right? White guys are so 2011! It’s the end of men! Demographics are changing (which we have been talking about for a long, long time already), and it seems like I am starting to hear a lot of concern about bias [Read More…]
February 11th, 2013
January 23rd, 2013
A few of my favorite hilarious things that get said about diversity and inclusion: “Diversity is a scam.” This one is my favorite. I love the idea that diversity is something that we have just invented as a money-making scheme. Diversity (or difference) is a naturally occurring phenomena. Unlike things that we have actually invented [Read More…]
January 21st, 2013
I have some friends who participate in a retreat each January to “name their year.” It helps them to be more intentional toward the coming year. I have been wanting to do the same thing this year, though was not able to participate in the retreat. Just within the past couple of days I have [Read More…]
December 19th, 2012
Time for a break! In all honesty, I have already been on a break from blogging (which has been nice for me…and maybe you as well?!), but it is time for my annual break from all things social media. I am going off line starting this Friday, December 21st and will be back on Monday, [Read More…]