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.
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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 4 comments 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.
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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.
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A Fable for Our Times
Once upon a time in a land far, far away, there lived a very strange king. He wore a very odd crown. It was in fact a very shiny saw sunk half way through his head. “Once I made the decision to cut off my head, I had no choice but to follow through because not to do so would only send the wrong message to the enemies of our freedom-loving way of life,” the king would say.”
Continue Reading Add comment February 5, 2006
Disaster Planning Is an Unmitigated Disaster
In the rush to fix blame, the most important lessons of the two major natural disasters to strike the planet in the past year— the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina— are already being ignored. Both disasters should teach us that there is now a seamless connection between “natural” and “human-caused” crises.
Continue Reading Add comment September 12, 2005
Thinking systemically about practically everything, from crisis management to spirituality in the workplace.