How Not to Handle a Crisis: What Every Candidate Needs to Learn About Crisis Management
I’m very worried that by his not really understanding what crisis management is, Barack Obama’s candidacy may have suffered a fatal blow. I’m especially worried because I think he’s the right person for these dreadful times.
Continue Reading Add comment March 25, 2008
Beating Back the Stereotypes of 1250 BC, and the 2008 Presidential Election
The current presidential race shows that men and women are still imprisoned in roles that are as old as the Bible. Women leaders are either (1) “’lesser’ or ‘deficient’ men,” (2) “super-women,” and thus, better than men, or (3) “mythical beings who are larger than life itself, and therefore, like the gods, beyond either sex.”
Continue Reading Add comment March 19, 2008
Governor Schwarzenegger, Raise My Taxes
I know what it is to be poor and face the never-ending struggle to work oneself out of poverty. Because of my brains and hard work, I was able to attend U.C. Berkeley and get an education. I cannot understand the attitude of those who want to lower taxes for the wealthy. I would gladly pay more taxes to help others get the same opportunities that I received.
Continue Reading Add comment February 22, 2008
What Has Business Learned from 9/11?
What, if anything, have businesses learned from 9/11? Unfortunately, not much, even though it is estimated that up to 80% of terrorist acts are committed against businesses, not against governments.
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When Good Organizations Do Stupid Things: The Humane Society and Michael Vick
One of the cardinal rules of Crisis Management is never, ever underestimate the capacity of all organizations to do stupid things.
Continue Reading Add comment September 23, 2007
The Atheist Delusion: Why Science Is Not Always Rational!
The God killers are very popular these days! I am referring to Sam Harris’s “The End of Faith” and Richard Dawkins’s “The God Delusion.” Harris and Dawkins paint an overly one-sided view of religion, rationality, and science.
Continue Reading Add comment February 4, 2007
Redesigning People: Deciding Who and What Will Be Human in the Age of Cyborgs
There is no question whatsoever that we are well on the way to the total redesign of human beings. There is no longer any doubt that sooner rather than later, we will become Cyborgs, ungodly mixtures of flesh and machines.
Continue Reading Add comment October 1, 2006
Failing to Learn the Lessons: The Sago Mine Disaster
The most disturbing thing about the recent Sago mine disaster is that it didn’t have to happen. Unlike natural disasters, human disasters (crises) are not inevitable.
Continue Reading Add comment February 12, 2006
Thinking systemically about practically everything, from crisis management to spirituality in the workplace