When I was about eight years old I started attending synagogue on my own. At the time my mother was a Christian but not attending a church and my father was a non-practicing Jew. I must have felt the desire to be part of a religious community. I rode my bike to Sunday school, where […]
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When we hear the term “racial equity,” we tend to think of the beneficiaries as the employees, a limited view. For 13 years, I worked with the World Bank, where I had the opportunity to work side by side and under the leadership of women and people of color. I can tell you that diversity
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Last week I went on another wilderness retreat with my dog, Sita. For three days and three nights, we were off the grid in George Washington National Forest in Virginia. On the last night, I awoke at 4 am and decided to get up and enjoy the night. It was a waning gibbous moon, quite
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It’s almost mid-October 2020, and the global pandemic is still not under control. Many organizations are trying to figure out how to return to serving members the way they always have. It is unlikely we will be able to do that. We must forge a new future. Finding a new way forward will require pausing
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Up at the park, I recently saw a group of young women sitting on the grass talking, all of them at least 10′ from each other in a large circle. Saturday I was heading out of my neighborhood to do some chores and I came across a concert happening at a local intersection. There were
100 CEOs – I am talking to 100+ CEOs to learn about how the pandemic, the economy, and fight for racial justice shape their organizations. A significant shift in their responses began in September. During early talks – March thru August – CEOs talked about getting back to normal. Now they are talking about the
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Although I am not a Buddhist, I seek wisdom wherever I can find it and Buddhism has many frameworks that I find really helpful. One of them is the “Four Brahmaviharas.” Pronounced bra-ma vih-har-ahs. These are four states of mind that can help us with our lives: lovingkindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity. I came
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The times are changing, and they are not going to stop. Could you have dreamed that this is where we would be just seven months ago? Maybe yes, if your organization engaged in regular Strategic Foresight activities. Research shows that if you ask people what the future will be like, they take the current circumstances
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Last week I shared how my wife, musician Laura Baron, helped Graham Nash play his hit, Our House, on the guitar. Well, now it’s my turn. Though my story is a bit embarrassing. 30 years ago I participated in the Men’s Multicultural Gathering. 50 black men, 50 white men, and a handful of other ethnicities
