All posts by Robert E. Hall

  1. In AI We Hope and Distrust

    A recent review of the research concluded: “The large majority of reported associations between digital media use and trust appear to be detrimental for democracy.” Those associations are likely…

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  2. Hate: A Luxury We Can No Longer Afford

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    We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.  Albert Einstein Hate is a luxury, exacting its own form of hyper-inflationary…

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  3. Unrelenting Change: Seeking the right, unlikely dance partner

    When you’re the CEO — your greatest responsibility is to recognize whether your organization requires a major change in direction. Hal Gregersen, Harvard Business Review, April 2017…

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  4. Relational Jumper-Cables: For Dead Batteries

    Here is what we seek: a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than in judgment at how they…

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  5. The ESG Wars: How We Got Here, How We Get Out

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    Everybody is stuck in this left-versus-right traditional dynamic, but today, all over the world, it’s centrist versus extremist. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid The battle among investors…

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  6. Cultivating Resilience for Today’s New Strategic Risk: Stakeholder Conflict

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    The best time to build a local fire station is before your house catches fire. In the past month three leaders – education, faith, healthcare –…

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  7. Uvalde: Time for Brave Healers and Courageous Risk-Takers

    This is on you.  Beto O’Rourke, gubernatorial candidate confronting Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Uvalde press conference I can’t believe that you’re a sick son of a…

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  8. When Stakeholders Act Like Dictators: New Era, New Rules

    The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. Anne Lamott Disney versus the state of…

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  9. From Differences to Demonization: How to Lead in a Fracturing Culture

    “I am constantly being pressed to take a stand on one issue after another. It is one of the biggest challenges I face on a daily…

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  10. Sliding from Differences to Demonization: 4 Levels, 4 Choices

    Nationalism tells me my group is unique. Fascism tells me my group is supreme. Yuval Harari “I am constantly being pressed to take a stand on one issue…

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