The Aristocracy of HR
Solutions at the Intersection of Life, Work and Technology
The Audacity of No Rebuttal
I am no stranger to a good debate. In fact, I quite enjoy a healthy conversation comprised of fact, experience and well-placed opinion every once and again. The operative word here is healthy and by healthy I mean all parties in the debate are allowed their...
#BlackBlogsMatter : Let’s Separate For Peace Sake
As I continue on my journey of life, I find the one thing I consistently seek is peace. I enjoy peace in my relationships, peace of mind, peace in matters of the heart, and just general equilibrium as much as possible with most things in my life. Please do not...
#Unleash18 Humans + Bureaucracy: Control No More
“Bureaucracy is a global thing. “ ~ Gary Hamel, Professor at London Business School I had the opportunity to sit in on a Q&A session Day 1 with Gary Hamel, Professor at London Business School at Unleash 2018 in Vegas. Long before this Q&A, he had wooed me with...
The Challenge of Empathy
Before I get to my story, a quote from a 2017 Forbes article titled: "How Empathetic Are You, Really?". On empathy, the author Liz Guthridge says: "Being empathetic is similar to cooking. You may know the recipe for how to prepare empathy. But until you actually use...
The Existential Problem of Coonery
Let's start by defining what a "coon" is. A "coon" is a black person who values what white people think of them more than they care to honor their culture and the suffrage of the racial group they identify with. A "coon" seeks to be accepted and praised by white...
The State of the Union on Wokeness
This week's theme for #BlackBlogsMatter is "The Tao of Woke". As a result, I decided to speak about the state of "wokeness" and what it should mean for you as we continue to navigate difficult themes around race relations and society. The word: "Awake" is defined as:...
Six Tips for Cultivating a Healthy Online Work Environment
The need for a healthy and satisfying work environment is not up for discussion. Any enlightened manager knows its benefits. The same need extends to remote workgroups, and that is still something of a revelation to many leaders. Perhaps it’s because of the...
Living in Color: Why I Stopped Caring About What White People Think
It must be a hell of a feeling when your skin, ideas, and presence become a golden ticket of Willy Wonka proportions in life. It must be nice to not only create the rules, systems, and standards but to actually be “the standard”. It is utterly astonishing when...