Welcome. It may not always be kind and gentle, but it is more rational and thoughtful than some of the alternatives.

He should set an example for them by doing that honorable thing.

The Ethics of Influence Being effective, not manipulative

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The Problem With Praise And what to do instead - at least sometimes!

Just published a new article on Substack.
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Leading Culture Change: Four dynamic skill sets you will need to succeed B. Kim Barnes Organizational culture change is a big, shaggy, complex, daunting topic.

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Bad, Wrong, or Stupid: How Not to Influence

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Kudos to Cory Booker for his great feat of energy, integrity, and ability to defy gravity today. Get some rest, Cory.

Why in the world would they do that? She is one of the best historians we have and we need great historians right now!

Investigate Trump officials for putting our national security at risk! It's not only dangerous to the American public that this happened, but the fact that a reporter was inadvertently given access to these current plans in real time shows that Pete Hegseth and the rest ...

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“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president...It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent...he fails in his duty to stand by the country.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

I completely agree. But am sad that oil tariffs are being imposed on states that are pretty blue! Minnesota, New York, even Michigan. Trump basically doesn’t care about them.

I can’t thank you enough for standing up for Ukraine and setting an example of American values and patriotism.

Oh, it is. We are living in dark times.

The Future of Work: How Does Work Shape Our Lives and What Will We Do Without It? This has long been a question that people considering retirement reflect on.

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Is Musk the Cardinal Richelieu of our time?

Holding “blind auditions” increased the % of women in orchestras significantly. Maybe we are just better. If women and minorities succeed without DEI will the administration impose DEI for people who look like them?

Pants on fire again.

Not how freed hostages usually celebrate their freedom.

Pushing back hard and fast seems to work. Let’s keep it up!

Noting all the media executives at the inauguration who have caved to the Trump protection racket. “Nice media company you have there, be a shame if something happened to it…”

That is utterly disgusting.

We have escaped to Mexico for a few days and are avoiding the spectacle but will be back to be part of the resistance as needed.

Is Netanyahu delaying acceptance of the truce until Trump is in? Shades of Reagan/Carter if so.

A group of men sit in front of a chart that incorrectly spells "military" as "miltary."

GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!

And they are so transparent about it. Zuckerberg is hailing “masculine energy” and trashing DEI. Ladies, you’d better get those androgens working for you.

These people are just not well-brought up as my mother would have said.

Trying to approach 2025 the way St. Margaret is approaching Beelzebub

Wise plan.