“They want to jump to strategy without understanding anything else.”
Harvard professors, academic wokeness, and the virtues behind work. Continue Reading
Diversity
Are you doing the work, or cultivating your own personal brand? Hopefully both, fam.
Do you want black squares, or do you want progress in an apex predator company? Continue Reading
For “inclusion” to work, we have to understand psychology and strip the bullshit buzzwords
This is worth getting right, but our approach to it is very often flawed. Continue Reading
Woke-washing and Whac-A-Mole: Why diversity seems to go nowhere
Marketing hijacks language (Problem 1) and we turn diversity initiatives into a series of tasks that obscure strategy (Problem 2). Now what? Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 59: What is diversity, even?
A discussion on people moving to Colorado, the definition of “diversity,” the “Note Police” at work, and finding true strategy. Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 53: Being an outsider and dealing with difference
If you grow up as a member of the only Jewish family in a small Texas town, how do you come to think about inclusion and difference? Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 36: “Nobody’s f*cking equal!”
How equal are we, really? And if we’re not that equal, what does that mean for both raising kids and HR best practices? A conversation. Continue Reading
“The hidden engine of the economy”
Looking at stats for lawyers and doctors in 1960 vs. 2020 gets you some — dare I say — “woke” findings. Continue Reading