Positive Policing

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Some recent stories about Police positively interacting with the public got me thinking about a possible antidote to the “Defund the Police” Movement. Start with the story of the Texas cop who rushed into a burning residence and saved a 76-year old man and a 17-year old teenager. We need people to hear about stories […]

Virus Speeds the Emergence of a Gifting Economy

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In these trying times, we face a medical emergency affecting the health and lives of so many citizens in the U.S. and around the World. This is a time of great physical danger, in which we are careful to “social distance” ourselves from others. The streets of NYC are nearly empty of cars and pedestrians. […]

Signs of an Emerging GIFTING Economy

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Have you heard about the patron at a restaurant in MI who recently left a tip of over $2,000 for the surprised waitress? [Here’s the article.] That’s similar to the story several years ago (which we reported on) of a truck driver in Oklahoma who also left a tip of several thousand dollars. It would […]

A Reminder of our Oneness

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Most days, we tend primarily to the Material side of life, thinking it’s the major part of life. Some days, however, when we least expect it, a deeper side of life emerges. That’s what happened to two McDonald’s employees one day in Dec. They were taking and filling orders at the drive through window, when […]

How You can contribute to Heaven on Earth

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Have you ever thought of helping to create Heaven on Earth? One of my colleagues, Martin Rutte, has started a project, called Project Heaven on Earth. He’s written a book about it too. People are doing this all over, right in front of our noses. And, unless we see with “new eyes”, we’ll miss it […]

What’s the “DNA” of your Organization?

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Over the years, DNA has become a powerful tool for understanding human behavior and identity. Can it be applied to organizations as well – especially work organizations? Consider this story: The minister of our church recently talked about the DNA of churches. First she described the DNA of another church that she had experienced. She […]

What is Humanity’s Final Frontier?

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Back in the 1960’s and 70’s, there was a popular TV program called StarTrek, which was later made into a hit movie Star Wars, actually several. Its motto was about “Space – the Final Frontier” I read recently about plans to put a person on Mars, which referred again to “space, the final frontier”.

The High Cost of Business Ethics Transgressions: Consider VW

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In a recent Wall Street Editorial titled “The VW-Tesla Redistribution” (July 1, 2016), they report on the cost of VW’s Business Ethics transgression (“installing ‘defeat devices’ in diesel cars that overroad nitrogen-oxide controls”). In case you’re considering cutting corners and violating business ethics, think again. And consider the costs if (and more likely “when”) you’re […]

Economics 201: Just when we think we understand and can predict economics, reality intrudes

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Part 1: Part-time employment You’ve heard that since ObamaCare was instituted, full time employment is down and part-time employment is up as employers scramble to adjust to the new economics: that full-time employment (defined by the government as working 30 hours or more per week) costs employers more as they have to cover the insurance […]

Wal-Mart leading the way in the treatment of employees?

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Finally, from all places, Wal-Mart, some sanity re the treatment of employees. Wal-Mart has long been the subject of derision from those who complain that it has replaced small stores (true) and that it has low-paying, dead-end jobs (if that was so, it isn’t any more – read on!)