Dr. ESP As part of my recent gig teaching “change management” at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy (UNICATT), the second session focused on the importance of culture. Included was a teaching case which explored how Colby College in Waterville, Maine remained open during the COVID pandemic when most of its peer institutions … Read more
When faced with competing explanations for the same phenomenon, the simplest is likely the correct one. Occam’s Razor (Conceptuality.com) The moment I learned that the suspect in yesterday’s tragic shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C. had come to America from Afghanistan, I turned to my wife and laid out the following scenario … Read more
I am not a member of an organized political party. I am a Democrat. Will Rogers If you think I am going to bash the Democratic leadership for the events of the last 48 hours, you are correct. But it is not because Chuck Schumer could not prevent eight members of his caucus joining with … Read more
NOTE: As many of you know, I am currently in Milan, Italy teaching a course in change management as part of the international MBA program at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. Even though I did not have time to acknowledge it last month, October 28 was the 10th anniversary of my first post … Read more
The title of today’s post is also the title of the 23rd episode of the original “Star Trek,” which first aired on the 23rd day of February, 1967, a synchronistic coincidence (is that an oxymoron?) that could not be ignored. The Wikipedia page devoted to this installment opens with the following description. “In the episode, … Read more