You can help reunite families

Can you imagine how desperately you would want to be reunited with your child in a natural disaster or a crisis? Are you horrified by stories of children being torn from their parents at the Mexico-U.S. border with no plans for reunification? There are millions of displaced children in the world. Through UNICEF, you can reuniteContinue reading “You can help reunite families”

Why encourage people in the middle of the pack and those who are dead last?- from my archives

Who’s cheering for the steady Eddies? Who’s applauding the kid who comes in last? What’s wrong with our approach when we celebrate the winners and discard all the rest? The last two weeks were the local cross-country races for my daughter. I thought I’d dust off this post as it still applies. ***** Remember theContinue reading “Why encourage people in the middle of the pack and those who are dead last?- from my archives”

Are you an ethical leader? Can an architect be unethical? How about a sausage maker? 8 questions to ask

It feels like social values are crumbling. South of the border, we see more division than vision. The melting pot is bubbling over and threatening to crack. Locally, hateful messages were spray-painted on the roof of a local church. There is a new meanness in the air. My stomach turns every time I watch theContinue reading “Are you an ethical leader? Can an architect be unethical? How about a sausage maker? 8 questions to ask”