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Goodbye & Good Riddance

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2020 & Trump Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Rump It has been difficult to keep silent these last few months as Rome burned, Nero fiddled, and Nero’s son-in-law was setting up a sketchy LLC to pack war chest cash from an “investigate election fraud” plea into the current president’s personal golden parachute. […]

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Social Distancing: How to Avoid Ending up in Freakadelphia

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As frustration boils in the USA from lack of preparedness, leadership, it is safe to assume that things will get far worse before they get even slightly better. With state governors looking locally instead of Washington for action-centric steps to protect their people, it is incumbent to heed their warning and self-protect, which also helps […]

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The Robots are Coming: Now What?

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As 5G digital transmission speeds–which are 10 to 100 times faster than 4G depending on the application–take root and establish a new normal for digital velocity, right behind them are robots. Retail mega-monster Walmart fired a loud cannon recently, announcing that one-fourth of its stores will integrate robots in place of unskilled labor. The robots […]

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Company Culture: Is Yours by Design or Default?

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The major driver of sustained excellence in businesses, teams, and organizations is culture by design. Unfortunately, very few are set up this way. Most have default cultures that have morphed over time. There are two major keys to culture design success, each of which comes with a potential failure point. Those two keys are accountability […]

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Where Are All the Good Guys?

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As the new president steps in and deftly proves that no one is equipped to take over the world’s most important underpaying job—regardless how much he pretends he is—I watch a nation and world stewing in confused dissatisfaction. The new president has earned his record low transition disapproval ratings. An arrogant yeller and Teflon blamer […]

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The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness

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The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness Two-minute Whiteboard Explainer My new book by the same name (released by Crossroad Press in all formats under my “Ocean Palmer” pen name) has fed the creation of a new learning seminar that has proved popular in American and the United Kingdom. A short overview movie of the […]

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One-Day Coaching Seminars & Various Certification Continuums

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My consulting work frequently involves one day “specialty topic” seminars and more in-depth multi-day subject matter certifications. The link to seven different one-day events (with dates to be determined by the client) is here: Seminar-List-per-person-dates tbd Certification programs are available in five specialty areas, the top four of which are on the second brochure page below.  These continuums are: Behavioral […]

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The BREXIT Vote & U.S. Election: The Juggling of Human Emotions

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An interesting web article by Diane Raymond caught my eye and I thought her topic—human emotions—was worth sharing and building upon. In view of yesterday’s stunning BREXIT exodus decision by the United Kingdom, it seems worth noting what emotions are and how the world suddenly finds itself percolating in them. All of us experience an […]

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