The art of debate has devolved. No longer is it used as a tool of discovery, understanding, reconciliation, and progress. Today, it is a tool used to beat one another into submission – with the wholesale surrender of the beliefs and values held by one party over the other being the goal. What’s worse, the
September 2019 Monthly Musing I have recently come across several missives that place various management methodologies on an unassailable pedestal – elevated to near religious standing complete with dogma that is seemingly beyond question or challenge. This is a mistake – with the risks being the loss of credibility to those who hold such strong
August 2019 Monthly Musing We are in the “Dog Days of Summer”, the period between early July and early September. The origin of the phrase is from the heliacal rising of Sirius, also known as the Dog Star in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog). It’s the hottest period of the year (at least in
I would find it hard to believe that any successful person achieved that success without having at least one mentor along their journey – someone who was instrumental and influential in the life journey of the person being mentored (the mentee). But what is mentorship? Mentorship is a semi-formal relationship between someone who has wisdom
July 2019 Monthly Musing I have been very fortunate that I have had several formal mentors in my life. They never told me what to do, rather offer guidance based on their knowledge and the wisdom they gained over the years. But I had many more informal mentors; those who didn’t know they were