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Jaquay Williams, the police officer who was terminated from his position after sharing a popular TikTok video about George Floyd's murder, joined me for a sensitive conversation about police brutality, his experience as an officer, and his opinion about “defunding the police” on the latest episode of my podcast, Sworn Testimonies. You can listen here! --> https://lnkd.in/gxipeU4 …see more

#trauma #shooting #sensitivity #training #education #highered #stability #safety #disaster #responsiveness #vicarioustrauma

Lou Hoffman -- a veteran in PR -- recently wrote something which is very true and is one of the most serious impediments to companies publishing anything, especially something timely. "Writing by committee doesn’t work. And trying to appease multiple stakeholders — HR, PR, legal, the mobile business unit, the branding police — guarantees bloat. By the time you’ve made the compromises to satisfy everyone, you lose sight of the audience that matters..." Is there a solution? …see more

"98% of exclusion that happens is completely unintentional. That’s where unconscious bias comes in and it has a negative impact on what happens in the workplace. Leaders need to create an awareness and understanding of how that affects decisions." - Trisha Daho, JD (she, her) of Empowered Leadership Cultivation If you didn't catch my live interview yesterday about #diversity #equity and #inclusion in the #accounting industry, do yourself a favor and watch it this weekend. Such a great discussion about uncomfortable topics. #radicalcpa #cpas #accountants #cpalove #accountantlove https://lnkd.in/gDsQeYE …see more

Something strange is happening to our sense of time, and it may be affecting how we plan for the future.

I'm sure this is a common experience for many. It can sometime be discouraging but I look at it in terms of, "Wow, I was able to influence others around me without them realizing it." #leadership

Look forward to hearing your thoughts on my latest article about "The Old" and "The Digital" coming together to improve healthcare...Not always as easy as it should be! #healthcare #health …see more

So I wanted to share several things -- seemingly different but related. The Cookery in Shirlington (Arlington) VA is having an event June 1 starting at noon in their remarkable cooking/food store for International Children's Day. And, they will be making a donation to Save the Children. I will be doing a book reading and signing at this event -- with two of my newest children's books. There will be food, fun and activities. One of the goals is to enable children to appreciate the fun that can come from engaged reading and the books are meant to achieve that. Also, given the starvation and deaths of children across the globe, it is worth pausing and reflecting on what we can do to improve the lives of the next generation -- near and far. There is homelessness and food scarcity in many areas -- hidden and not so hidden poverty and a deep inequality for children in education too. That gets me to my next point: I will be at Molly Stark School in VT (which is I believe close to 100% free and reduced lunch) on June 3 to read and work with children. I will be sharing one of the new books and helping kids appreciate the value of words and reading. And, it is key to curb summer melt causing low income kids to fall behind while their wealthier peers progress ahead. Come join us. …see more

Further evidence that internet of the future won't be a place we visit (website), it will be an omnipresent mesh layer that permeates our daily lives.

Congratulations to Moiz Ali  on Procter & Gamble  acquiring Native! Was just a couple years ago when you were working away at the  Founder's Dojo  to make this company succeed and it has.  Nicely done (again).

Boy, does  Dara Khosrowshahi  have his work cut out for him. Uber 's old culture (hopefully changing now) manifests itself yet again in spectacular fashion. Instead of disclosing the breach as is legally required, now ousted execs just paid off the hackers to keep it under wraps. …see more

Talk about speaking truth to power: brava. Most people are not in a position to share so publicly. Recently, I have been using the bully pulpit to share wrongs -- and when I reflected on this and discussed using social media in this way -- I was told: you have the platform; use it. There is a key point there: not everyone can speak up and out and deal with the aftermath too. If you can speak up and out, even with some backlash and risk, it will help others. Anita Hill taught us well: speak truth to power, even when power does not listen. So, those can, please speak. Our world will be better for it. And for those stung by truth (like the physician who acted like G-d or the airlines (American) that could not apologize in a heartfelt way or the authority who issued a ticket when one of the issuing officers was uncredentialled (Florida) or the dog breeder that lied and sued and lost claiming breach (Iowa) or the lawyers who send letters seeking settlement dollars when the cases lack merit (national): apologize. …see more

“We’ve seen a number of partners evolve their technology to really adapt and build products specific to the new world we live in.” - Craig Cohen of ADP , from #letsgetradical live session yesterday. Missed it? I've got your Friday night viewing right here. Thanks so much to #ADP for sponsoring this discussion. https://lnkd.in/dZSvjzQ #radicalcpa #adpmarketplace #technology #covid19 #coronavirus #cpa #accountant #cpalove #accountantlove …see more

It is World Giraffe Day in Okinawa. Reading to kids at Kadina Air Force base. Have special pass. Sharing my giraffe books and giraffe info from my books and the new twiga trackers — twiga is Swahili for giraffe. Sharing about threat of extinction. Lots of fun planned. Will send photos later. Feels wonderful to be with soldier’s children far from US soil. Wearing my giraffe ears !!! Donate to GCF or buy a book and googol for giraffe. KidbooksbyKaren …see more

California burger chain In-N-Out Burger has been doing a fair amount of international pop-ups. Which might be exciting save for the reason they are doing them - trademark protection (not international expansion, sorry).

One of the hallmarks of a well-run company is information sharing. It not only engenders trust but it provides full context for decision making.  Normally, though, that describes information sharing from the top-down and across the company. Reed Hastings  has smartly taken it to the top-up by rethinking how board members interact with senior management at  Netflix . …see more

In a not-terribly-surprising move, Lyft  has acquired Motivate International Inc.  which means they instantly have 80% of bike share rides in the United States. Next up, electric scooters as they and Uber  (who bought Jump Bikes earlier) march toward "owning the last mile" in addition to short car trips. #lastmile #bikes #scooters #electricscooters #uber #lyft #motivate #acquisitions #integrationstrategies #renteverything #membershipeconomy …see more

Interesting read from the  Harvard Business Review on when to hire generalists and when to hire specialists. In my experience, I find their conclusions to be accurate. The one thing I would add is that startups almost always hire generalist when starting out then get to specialists as they scale. Does anyone else feel differently?   #business #generalists #specialists #startups #hiring …see more

Interesting move by Target to try and woo some Amazon customers this holiday season. And it will likely entice some of them. But it only addresses the free two-day shipping and ignores all the other value-add services that are bundled with Prime (Prime video, Prime music, etc). #holidays #onlineshopping #retailsales #retailing #marketing #amazon #retail #target #retailstrategy …see more