Published in Sensual: An Erotic Life

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What Do Lies, Personalities, Kinky Sex, and Wonder Woman Have In Common?

William Marston, of course! — William Mouton Marston would have been an interesting Medium writer had he lived a century later. His interests were diverse, he was wildly creative, and he even wrote under a pen name (Charles Mouton). Although three of his creations are still in use today, Marston is mostly forgotten. Personality Profiles Marston wrote…

Sexuality

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What Do Lies, Personalities, Kinky Sex, and Wonder Woman Have In Common?

Published in Up & In

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Tips For Facilitating Those Persisting Virtual Conference Calls

Draw into the conversation those that do not fit in — You learn the most from the person in a meeting that does not make a lot of sense. Or at least they do not speak like everyone else, so they often get the awkward stares. They do not speak in the company jargon or use the common industry buzzwords. The…

Virtual Conference Call

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Published in Dialogue & Discourse

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The Stories of the Seven Women in Thomas Jefferson’s Parlor

The power and subtleties of role of women in religion, politics, and war — Thomas Jefferson was a man full of nuances, contradictions, and conundrums. Jefferson was also a revolutionary. In his domain, symbolism and code were essential communication tools for sorting through allies and guaranteeing your own survival. The parlor in Jefferson’s home, Monticello, was the place where his family, friends, and guests…

Women

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Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Feb 21

Structure Business Writing to Be More Effective with Decision Makers

And what does the red-headed man with no shirt cutting grass on a highway have to do with anything? — “Well, about seven years ago, we started working with the previous contractor. He had many issues, but we finally got them worked out,” began Jake. “Some of these issues were….” My eyes started to glaze over. I glanced at the deputy town manager, who was sitting beside me, and to…

Writing Tips

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Structure Business Writing to Be More Effective with Decision Makers

Published in Everything Shortform

·Jan 27

Our future is uncertain because our knowledge is imperfect.

Our future is uncertain because our knowledge is imperfect. We must embrace uncertainty to be fulfilled in our lives because uncertainty is ever-present. Epistemic uncertainty is defined as those uncertainties due to simplifying assumptions, missing physical data, or our basic lack of knowledge. Epistemic uncertainty is limited by our understanding…

Uncertainty

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Our future is uncertain because our knowledge is imperfect. We must embrace uncertainty to be fulfilled in our lives because uncertainty is ever-present.

Epistemic uncertainty is defined as those uncertainties due to simplifying assumptions, missing physical data, or our basic lack of knowledge. Epistemic uncertainty is limited by our understanding…

Published in The Book Cafe

·Jan 24

MADE Tells a Powerful Story of Unwanted Change and Success

Melissa Ruth tells us a few things most of us would not share — Melissa Ruth is painfully honest. “By not taking the time to define what went wrong, I would up taking unnecessary baggage and risking a repeat of the same problem.” From cars to careers to relationships, Ruth opens her own life story for us to learn and improve our own lives. …

Success

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Published in Everything Shortform

·Jan 19

A system is a collection of inter-related parts that produce an outcome…

Analysis means to break something into its distinct parts. We break systems into parts to better understand each part’s strengths and…

System

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Clock gears are an example of a system being defined as a group of inter-related parts that produce an outcome that the parts alone cannot produce. — Photo by Danil Shostak on Unsplash

A system is a collection of inter-related parts that produce an outcome…

Published in Management Matters

·Jan 17

Build Better Business Cases to Get More Projects Approved

Rising business leaders should embrace standard approaches for success — A Business Case Evaluation (BCE) is a decision-making tool that assists in making value-based funding decisions. …

Business Strategy

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Build Better Business Cases to Get More Projects Approved

Published in Unpopular Opinions

·Jan 12

History Will Remember COVID Much Different Than We Who Lived Through It

Death Counts and Misinformation provide the foundation for reflection Politics is how one group of civilized people exercise influence over other civilized people. Resolving issues in a polite and well-mannered way (one definition of civilized) is preferred to barbarism and war. …

Covid 19

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History Will Remember COVID Much Different Than We Who Lived Through It

Jan 11

Improve Your Odds by Staying Cool in the Face of Crisis

Thinking in bets and using the base case are two keys to success A summer hurricane is bearing down. Mild panic ensues. Events are canceled. Some businesses begin boarding up. Parents race to get their children from school. I see the town’s public works director, Barry, at the local hardware…

Crisis

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What Do Lies, Personalities, Kinky Sex, and Wonder Woman Have In Common?

Tips For Facilitating Those Persisting Virtual Conference Calls

The Stories of the Seven Women in Thomas Jefferson’s Parlor

Structure Business Writing to Be More Effective with Decision Makers

Our future is uncertain because our knowledge is imperfect.

MADE Tells a Powerful Story of Unwanted Change and Success

A system is a collection of inter-related parts that produce an outcome…

A system is a collection of inter-related parts that produce an outcome…

Build Better Business Cases to Get More Projects Approved

History Will Remember COVID Much Different Than We Who Lived Through It

Improve Your Odds by Staying Cool in the Face of Crisis

JD Solomon