Monthly Archives: June 2017

Published in the Leader to Leader journal

on June 23, 2017 in Education, Leadership

I just got my copies of the summer 2017 edition of the Leader to Leader Journal, published by the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute (formerly named for Peter Drucker). The journal is a many-times winner of the APEX award for publication excellence. In other words, it’s prestigious. My article, “Leadership Step by Step,” is on page 25. Here are some scans to whet your appetite: To whet your appetite more, the[…] Keep reading →

Why can’t you stop polluting?

on June 22, 2017 in Awareness, Nature

I get that everyone has their eating habits and it’s hard to meet them all. Even so, the message I send people about not bringing garbage to my place when I invite them over gives the option of bringing nothing: By the way, no need to bring anything, but if you do, I’m avoiding packaging, so please don’t bring anything packaged — no bags, bottles, rubber bands, etc. That usually[…] Keep reading →

Stop congratulating me for not polluting: the Chris Rock perspective [video]

on June 20, 2017 in Nature

People keep congratulating me when they learn it takes me six months to accumulate a load of landfill garbage. It’s still pollution. Just because people produce a lot more garbage doesn’t make mine any less so. Congratulating someone for accumulating garbage slowly is like congratulating them for kicking a puppy lightly. Kicking a puppy doesn’t deserve congratulations at all. It reminds me of this Chris Rock bit. He curses says[…] Keep reading →

I can’t eat all the delicious, healthy food that costs almost nothing fast enough to keep up this spring. And losing fat and gaining muscle.

on June 19, 2017 in Nature

I’ve started calling my diet unamerican. What I eat is Delicious Convenient Cheap Nutritious Local Community building (many guests come over instead of meeting at bars and restaurants) Non-polluting Seasonal Home made This seems the opposite of how most Americans eat. They go out, spend a lot on stuff reheated after being manufactured in a factory. This spring, I can’t keep up with how much food I’m getting for so[…] Keep reading →

Non-judgmental Ethics Sunday: Should I Report the Biased Remarks of a Campus Cop?

on June 18, 2017 in Ethicist, Nonjudgment

Continuing my series of responses to the New York Times’, The Ethicist, without imposing values, here is my take on today’s post, “Should I Report the Biased Remarks of a Campus Cop?” I am a graduate student at a prestigious university in the rural United States. On a recent evening, I found myself locked out of my campus office after the administrative staff in the building had left for the[…] Keep reading →

Why I turned down nearly $10,000 to teach for an Ivy League school for a week in Shanghai

on June 17, 2017 in Awareness, Choosing/Decision-Making, Freedom, Leadership, Nature

Columbia University offered me nearly $10,000 to fly to Shanghai to teach an entrepreneurship class, block-week style, meaning a semester in a week, 9-5 each day. I’ve taught that way before and got great results. I love teaching entrepreneurship. I’m not bragging to say that my reviews say I’m exceptional at it. I love my alma mater, Columbia, and as an adjunct professor, experience teaching at Ivy League schools helps[…] Keep reading →

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