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Thoughts on the importance of depolarization work for organizations and the country.

Xi's Government is Utterly Pathetic; Unless We Change Course Ours Will Be Too

On Tuesday, China started its National People’s Congress, the annual legislative session that pretends to put the "People" in People's...

Campus Controversy: A Better Way

Colleges and universities are facing a major challenge to their reputations among Americans. Many feel that students are being...

My Conversation with Google Bard about Free Speech on College Campuses

Recently, I found myself experimenting with generative AI tools for creating content ideas to address the controversy over free speech on...

Why Connecting Across Difference is so Essential to the Work of D.E.I.

While programs and trainings focused on diversity, equity and inclusion are far from new, they occupy a much bigger space in the public...

How do a business's politics affect its bottom line?

There's been plenty written in recent years about how politics is affecting consumer preferences. A USC Annenberg study cited consumers...

Is the Public Square Fragmenting?

It's well-documented that, as a country, we're sorting ourselves geographically more than ever. Since Bill Bishop's The Big Sort hit...

Building Relationships, One Step at a Time

Having moved to a new city just before starting a new company, trying to take on the dual tasks of building an entirely new social...

Guest Post: Fighting the Real Enemy—Apathy

My dad—Warren Budd—has never been shy. Loud and boisterous, when you meet him he’s happy to share his stories and opinions with you, and...

The Unlikely Inspiration of Jury Duty

Ted Lasso has been the feel-good hit of the pandemic era; at a time of unprecedented isolation for us, both physical and emotional, it's...

Unity in Diversity

"Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization." —Mahatma Gandhi We Americans tend to think...

The Languages We All Share

Recently my friend Micah Hendler hosted a gathering in support of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, a group he founded that brings together...

You won't last a week!

ResumeBuilder.com recently asked over 1,000 managers and business leaders what it's like to work with those from the Gen Z cohort, and...

The Sum of Our Parts

Late last year, we found out that a goal 70 years in the making had been reached—“ignition,” which in atomic parlance means we got more...

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