We are over one year into the pandemic. As of today, 545k deaths in the US. Somehow we are 20% of COVID deaths globally even though we are about 4% of the world population. It’s devastating. To those who have lost loved ones, especially my friends and co-workers – your loss is not a number […]
Category: Our World, Our Evolution
50 Days of Shelter in Place
It has been 51 days since my last flight and 50 days of sheltering in place with my family. It’s such a bag of crazy around here and it’s hard to articulate what it’s like… Here are the highlights (highs and lows): The better weather in MN is so good for my soul. I needed […]
Sans religion.
This blog post has been sitting in the back of my gullet for a while now (technically, it’s been in my drafts folder). It is tough for me to talk on this topic as so many of my friends and family are not only religious, but religion is the backbone of who they are as […]
This is Tough Stuff
I love inspiring women. I love all (nice) people. I love (good) change. I love inspiring women. On the side of my client work, I’ve dedicated my stewardship agenda to internal organizational change. I remember as an analyst asking about the women’s networking group and thinking it was kind of silly we needed one (work […]
The election wasn’t about gender in the primaries. It IS about gender now.
(graphic language) If the Trump Tape has you genuinely trying to evolve your thinking on gender issues in our country, I provide a few tips and tricks to get you started talking about your anger. Respect me, don’t protect me: Don’t be upset because of your “wives and daughters.” Be upset because you want people […]
I Defriended You
Dear “friend,” I defriended you. Honestly, it didn’t take much for me to come to the decision. We sparred in social media comments before – but I was okay with that. We were discussing, processing, learning. It was fine. It’s when you shared a video of a MUSLIM man (I use caps, because the headline […]
The World I Want to Live In
In reality, our world is worryingly fragile. We have built this ecosystem from the ground up over generations that is stacked together more like Jenga pieces than like Legos. Case in point, a software developer got in a minor dispute and single-handling broke the internet a few months back. Because the entire system is built […]
In the Middle of History
Logistics: Man – family first, work second, blogging third. Sorry, folks. We need a lot. It’s so hard to actually purchase something with such massive implications. But we need a lot. Hopefully we can find a way to press purchase sometime in the next month or so. If not, feel free to start yelling at […]
Understanding Unconscious Bias
A father and his son are involved in a horrific car crash and the man died at the scene. But when the child arrived at the hospital and was rushed into the operating room, the surgeon pulled away and said: “I can’t operate on this boy, he’s my son. How can that be? — the […]
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