If Sheryl Sandberg was wrong, and “leaning in” isn’t the answer, what is?
As the New York Times reports, Facebook has not been the force for good it wanted to be. Leaning in (to the current system) is empty, according to the Washington Post. Sheryl Sandberg is "just another corporate warrior" rather than a feminist hero. So, what now?...
Hooked on Serial? There is a More Empathetic Side to Cleveland Police.
One Friday night last spring, I rode along with the Cleveland Police in the 4th District/Buckeye Neighborhood from 2-10pm. It was a fascinating and touching experience. It was also a sad indictment on American society to see kids (and grownups) in a neighborhood where...
Where is the Light in the Kavanaugh Story? We found some here.
By Michael Vos and Jackie Acho Shame lives in the dark and becomes a bully, internally then externally. Shedding light is the way out. We hope many more conversations like this are taking place. Maybe with you? From: "mikonos@aol.com" <mikonos@aol.com> Date:...
Inoculating Our Kids Against Pedophiles like Larry Nassar
Larry Nassar, once a world-renown sports physician to our country’s top female gymnasts, was convicted and sentenced last week for sexually abusing over 150 women and girls under his care. The details that emerged during the trial were heart wrenching. One of the most...
MTHFRs, Wake Up!
"Do no harm." - Hippocrates I wasn't going to write again so soon, but it's happening again.... We are being misled about the health of our children. From a person setting policy. From a pediatrician/professor/author who got published in the New York Times today...
Heavy Metals – Are you poisoned? I am.
I look and feel pretty healthy, but you can see it in the results of my hair test above. Mercury. Aluminum. Arsenic. Some other stuff. I’m a recovering chemist. If you’re not, you might assume you’re safe. I’m sorry. That’s not true. I didn’t work with most of these...
Dear Harvey Weinstein – #NotSexy
Memo to: Harvey Weinstein Subject: You are #NotSexy Dear Harvey, The times they are a changin’. It’s been a long time coming since you grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, but things are accelerating now. One day, you’re at the top of the heap. You have access to lots of...
The Epidemic of Angry White Men
Maybe we do know something... Remember when AIDS was still a mystery? In the early 1980s, people in the US were suddenly becoming sick and dying of a strange new illness. It was something we had never seen, and we were confused and afraid. By the time we started...
“Why Do Old People Get to Decide Our Future?”
The kids are asking. It's a good question. If Millennials had their choice, we'd be in a different situation today. Only 19% of them voted, and 8% of those that did, chose "other." So, some of the answer is in the math. Voting matters a lot. Whether you are happy...
Empathy Test
There is so much vis a vis empathy we could discuss in this campaign season. We don't want to bore you with all of it and don't even like wading into politics. But this past weekend, something fascinating happened, which has people talking about empathy by name and...
What It’s Really Going to Take to Get More Women in Leadership…and Why Men Should Care
https://youtu.be/UIx_6FEvtVQ Thanks to the Certified Financial Analyst Society of Cleveland for tackling this issue head-on at the City Club and to Eva Basilion for her contributions to this talk.
The Right Start, Right Here
Mayor Trevor Elkins of Newburgh Heights, Ohio (a small suburb of Cleveland) inspired the most progressive parental leave policy in the country: six-months paid leave for all of the village's full-time employees, women and men, biological parents and adoptive. That's...
