You and I are biased. We are all biased about something. That’s a psychological fact. We can try to pretend we’re not. We can tell others we’re not. We can actually believe we’re not. The reality is, all of us … Continue reading →
Have you ever considered paying a social media influencer to help promote either your brand or a specific product? Recently I’ve been studying if it makes financial sense to engage a social media influencer to help promote one of the … Continue reading →
If we want our businesses to be successful, we must understand the culture of others. We have to be able to understanding the culture of people we deal with. We are all products of our environment and how we are … Continue reading →
For years people have been searching for a way to reduce rural migration patterns. The reason for this is clear, there is a real problem of population loss in rural Texas and rural America. This population loss has both short … Continue reading →
Recently I have been fascinated by the sheer volume of instances where a company finds itself facing a ‘crisis.’ Many of the stories I have seen actually show how an organization manages to turn an unpleasant occurrence into a crisis. … Continue reading →
The Freedman Bureau, established immediately after the end of the Civil War, is an example of how trying to legislate away hatred and bitterness very rarely works. This is especially true when the legislation is combatting engrained animosity and a … Continue reading →
In this post I discuss the Role of Values and Viewpoints in conflict- When people have different values and viewpoints there is also the potential for conflict. It’s important to understand the difference between values and viewpoints, because while they … Continue reading →
In the United States today, conflict among individuals is the one factor that plays the primary role in the breakdown of communication between people. Regardless of how well we think we have made our point, that we have been very … Continue reading →
In Robert Heinlein’s 1966 Science Fiction novel, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, one of his main characters, Professor Bernardo de la Paz, states that it is his belief, “that under no circumstances can the state justify placing its welfare … Continue reading →
When I was a wee lad back in the 50s (yes I’m old) there was a series of children’s books called ‘We were there’. Each book told the story of an historical event, with one or two children being the … Continue reading →