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Empathetic Leadership in Post-COVID Times: Navigating Change and Fostering Resilience
But how do we apply empathy in the post-COVID workplace? Remote work has disrupted the personal dynamics we once relied on, making it more challenging to understand the individual needs of employees. As empathetic leaders, it is essential to actively seek connections, master communication tools, and organize engaging virtual gatherings to support flexibility and recognize…
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How My Study of the Humanities Has Influenced (and Inspired) My Career Journey
When I think about my career journey thus far, I often find myself reflecting on the humanities and the important role this field of study has played within it – because the two are so closely interwoven.
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We are All Artists – and Scientists
Today, we segregate ourselves and our work force into “science people” and “artsy people,” as if there cannot be any useful overlap. In a world of increasing political and social polarization, we need overlap. Our medical system is in desperate need of ethics and humanist values. Our political system needs more objectivity and less emotional…
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My Experience as an ICDL Alum
This was my second International Camp for Democratic Leadership. ICDL was, most certainly, all about Democratic Leadership. The sessions provided a full range of opportunities to learn about and practice the skills necessary for both leadership and for participation in a truly democratic community.
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A High School Teacher’s First Time at the International Camp for Democratic Leadership (ICDL)
ICDL wasn’t about plucking from ancient texts the answers to US democracy’s problems. Instead, people came to practice how to think, act, and lead when things get hard.
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On Kallion Turning 3!
I have seen enough great spirits over the past three years to give me the confidence that humanity does have the capacity for a moral arc, and I am hopeful that it will continue to bend toward “creative, benevolent, and lasting improvements to our common condition.”
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My “American Democracy”
The biggest lesson that I learned throughout this course is that our democracy relies on all Americans to work to improve our current conditions and recognize that our democracy must be our priority to sustain or it will become at risk.
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Keep Going
By: Julia Hark *Content Warning: This post includes general discussion of eating disorders, trauma, and suicide. Please prioritize your own wellbeing first. When I talk about my trauma, I am not undoing. I am not begging for pity. I am not shredding scrapbooks of sins or thumbing through diaries with whiteout. I am not shattering…
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Middle Management and Olympian Irrationality, Part 2: Blame Game
By: John Esposito In part 1 I tried to link the Greek mythic trope of the not-so-noble gods with the effective impossibility of middle management. That post turned out rather sympathetic to the middle manager, and by extension to the gods. I even said that mortal rage against the gods “isn’t quite aimed correctly”. In…