Month: March 2024
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Relationship Precedes Task
Only in a Western work culture do we blow past relationships and go straight to the task and work at hand. In my overseas travels over the past 24 years, every culture I have encountered understands that relationship precedes task except in western culture and those countries who adopt the west’s work practices. During my…
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Build A Wall!
I hope the title of this post got your attention. I promise it’s not “click bait” I do want you to build a wall. Just not the one that probably came to mind when you read today’s title. This will not be a politically laced message about the need to protect U.S. borders and address…
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Beyond the triple filter test
In my last post I wrote about filters and in particular the need for language filters when it comes to our speech and what we write. The intent of the post was to challenge us to carefully filter the words that come out of our mouths, especially when it comes to not taking private and…
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Filters please, People!
On April 11th,1970 Apollo 13 launched for a manned space mission to the moon. Fifty-five hours into the journey an explosion ripped a hole into the side of the space craft. The mission went from landing on the moon, to a rescue mission to get the Apollo 13 crew home safely. Of the hundreds of…
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Connections and Community – they are not the same.
I admit it. I flinch and get a bit irate and frustrated when I hear people talk about or use the term “on-line community” I understand and acknowledge to an extent, that those making connections through social media platforms and are involved in forums where members have common interests or goals, like an affinity group…
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