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How to Engage Hearts and Change Minds in the Global Warming Debate

May 5, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Conversations that change minds always appeal to people’s priorities.These are conversations we've had here about subjects like the risks of climate change (“An Enabling Perspective for Our Wounded World”), the current imbalances in the American … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Being Proud of Your Work, Building Your Values into Your Work, Continuous Learning Tagged With: carbon tax, Charlan Nemeth, climate change, dissent, elites, global warming, hearts and minds, Jerry Taylor, Katherine Hayhoe, minds through hearts, persuasion, polarization, political division, political divisiveness, reaching skeptics, science of persuasion, thought leaders, values

The Social Contract Around Our Work Is Broken

April 23, 2019 By David Griesing 1 Comment

A growing part of the American economy—the part that’s harvesting and utilizing our personal data to drive what we consume—no longer depends on “the basic reciprocities” that once supported our social contract. In other segments of our economy, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Building Your Values into Your Work, Work & Life Rewards Tagged With: America's social contract is broken, automation, capitalism, democratic capitalism, economic disruption from innovation, economic output, ethics, future of work, Jaron Lanier, Oren Cass, productivity, Shoshana Zuboff, social contract, surveillance capitalism, The Once and Future Worker, Who Owns the Future?, work-based priorities

Moving On in the Wake of Destruction

April 14, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

Since writing about Barry Lopez’s new book last week and hearing a lot from you about that post, I couldn't escape the cry from his heart that we'll all need to learn more about how to survive as we face the accelerating destruction of the natural … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Heroes & Other Role Models Tagged With: Barry Lopez, community, community destruction, cries from the heart, death to life, ethnic cleansing, gacaca, genocide, Philip Gourevich, Rwanda, survival

An Enabling Perspective for Our Wounded World

April 7, 2019 By David Griesing 2 Comments

What is most exceptional about Barry Lopez is his perspective and how he manages to involve us in it.The remarkable prologue to his new book “Horizons,” finds him in the last place we expect to find him. For an author who has brought us with him to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Building Your Values into Your Work, Heroes & Other Role Models Tagged With: Arctic Dreams, Barry Lopez, ethics, Horizon, perspective, point of view, prophetic, re-imagining, redreaming, Robert MacFarland, survival, values, values work, work, writing

Companies That Wear Their Values on Their Sleeves

March 31, 2019 By David Griesing Leave a Comment

We lead with our values because it’s easier to connect with somebody who shares our priorities, but it’s a trickier proposition for companies that want our loyalty because we have rarely been so divided about what is important to us. Deepening … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: *All Posts, Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself, Building Your Values into Your Work Tagged With: Anand Giridharadas, Apple, behavioral data, Christopher Mims, core corporate values, corporate values, customer service, data, gaming, personal data use, priorities, Steve Jobs, surveillance capitalism, tech platforms, Tim Cook, values

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