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July 26, 2019
The Risk of Working with Geniuses
In my work as a consultant to many companies around the world, I have noticed a phenomenon that I would like to share with you. Early in my career, when I came across people I considered geniuses—people who were exciting and creative, who were pushing the boundaries of knowledge and experience—I was very excited to work with them. I felt close to creation. I felt that they were breaking boundaries and doing something important, and I thought that…
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July 19, 2019
Dirty Politics in Democracy
When we study what democracy is in school, we learn about what it should be. As you get closer to what it is in reality (especially when counseling state leaders), you find out that what should be is not necessarily what is. What is, can be quite dirty. I will not mention the country I am referring to because there is more than one of them, which is troubling, but, any reader—if you were to scratch the surface of the news—should be able to identify some…
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July 12, 2019
Where Is Your Mind?
When I was young, I would read all the time, and that included when I was eating. My parents used to yell at me: “When you eat, eat—don’t read. When you read, read—don’t eat.” I could not understand why they were so upset. What was it that I was doing wrong? Many years later, in meditation and yoga, I was introduced to the concept of “being present.” I began to wonder, “What does it mean to be present?” Now, I understand…
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July 5, 2019
The Future of Leadership and Management
We are going through a major transition as a civilization. This is just the latest in a long series of transitions we have experienced. First, we were a nomadic society. When we settled, we became an agricultural society, then on to an industrial society. Now, we are in the information society, and we are moving from an information society to something new; let us call it the human replacement or artificial intelligence society. What happened during these transitions? In the nomadic and industrial societies, strength was important. On a macro level, it was claimed that the amount of land or physical resources…
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June 28, 2019
The Disintegration of the USA
I have written in my blogs, too many to reference, that the USA is in the aging stage of the life cycle. As systems age, they start to disintegrate. Like humans, animals, and trees do. The speed by which we grow is mirrored by how fast we age. Look at a growing toddler. If you…
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June 27, 2019
Detention Centers, US-Iran Tensions, & Impeaching Trump
Concentration Camps Versus Detention Centers: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently compared the detention centers on the southern US border to concentration camps. As one who was in a Nazi concentration camp at the age of five, I have something to contribute to the debate. Based on a technical definition, AOC is right. Buchenwald, Auschwitz, Dachau, and Treblinka…
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June 21, 2019
Making Mistakes
Watch my latest personal insights video blog, on the fear of making mistakes and how to deal with it in your personal and professional life. https://youtu.be/hqbIrsQrc80 Just thinking, Ichak Kalderon Adizes Founder of Adizes Institute Worldwide Click here to subscribe to my weekly blog. LinkedIn - Facebook - Adizes Books - Ichakadizes.com - Twitter - Instagram
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June 14, 2019
Where Is God?
Let us start with a joke. A teacher asks her class, “Where is God?” A child says, “In my parents’ bedroom.” “Why?” asks the teacher. “Because I can often hear my mother shouting, ‘Oh my God, oh my God!’” What happens when you have an orgasm? For those few seconds, you lose yourself. You lose…
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June 7, 2019
Why a Two-State Solution in the Middle East Is Not Sustainable
It is anticipated that Trump will announce his “Deal of The Century:” which includes some economic incentives and a two-state solution in the Middle East, one state for the Palestinians and one for the Israelis. It is common sense that the Palestinians and the Israelis should each have their own state. The fact, however, is…
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May 31, 2019
The Dangers of Training
Years ago, I got myself a Doberman Pinscher, a dog I thought would protect me. Then, I bought a book titled How to Train a Doberman Pinscher. I opened it. The first page said, "Do not train a Doberman Pinscher." That was an interesting opening for a book on training Doberman Pinschers. I read why…
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