Category: Columns

  1. A Leadership Reset for Today’s Political Chaos & Tech-Driven Change

    When you’re the CEO – your greatest responsibility is to recognize whether your organization requires a major change in direction.” Hal Gregersen, HBR  The Presidents of Harvard…

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  2. Selecting a President in 2024: The Need for Situational Leadership

    A time to love and a time to hate.  A time for war and a time for peace.  Ecclesiastes 3:8 The time is 2024 and we…

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  3. For 2024: Just This One Thing

    “If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” ~Desmond Tutu It was a painful, emotional discussion, tears and all. …

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  4. Quakers, Muslims, Muslim Quakers, and Quaker Muslims

    Professor Eleanor Nesbitt’s new book, Quaker Quicks — Open to New Light (to be published by Christian Alternative Books on 24 November 2023) provides an accessible…

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  5. Are some Swedes more Equal than Others? Guest post by Susanne Berger – September 23, 2023

    Sweden needs to improve its support for the families of Swedish citizens imprisoned in dictatorships such as China, Eritrea and Iran. And stop distinguishing between foreign-born…

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  6. The Problem to Be Solved…

    Inflation’s down. The stock market’s up. Economic updates make U.S. headlines every day. For Americans, economic health is a key part of our American dream. But…

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  7. Now that we are recognizing the need to decolonize, what steps can we take to collaborate in radically new ways with partners in the Majority World?

    Eight years ago my father challenged me to write a book that would offer insights to Americans engaged in international development around the world. Not a…

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  8. Mob Star or Mob-Stopper in Today’s Mob Culture?

    A mob is a place where people go to take a break from their conscience,” Atticus Finch, “To Kill a Mockingbird” How are we to respond…

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  9. 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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  10. Why Doesn’t Everyone Want to Live Like an American?

    My children (yes, that’s us 18 years ago in the image above) both headed off to college this past fall and I have an empty nest…

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