One of the fun times I have ever enjoyed as a staffer was sitting around complaining about how lousy the management was at making decisions. I use to think of it as comrades getting together to laugh and joke about leadership. …

Have you ever found yourself stressed when preparing for what you believe would be the perfect job opportunity? You walk into an interview and immediately your stomach knots up when you observe five white people waiting to question you about your experience and if you could fit into their company’s…

How many times throughout your life were you told about the importance of listening to your elders? For me, it was every single day growing up in a large family of elders. To survive being punished, I learned early on to pretend that I was listening which pleased my aunts…

Have you ever wondered why everyone is in a hurry then realise that you are also rushing? Once I stopped to analyse it, it became clear that I had fallen into the same mode of rushing and being grouchy for no logical reason. Without blaming myself, it’s much easier to…

I have worked in the field of marketing and public relations for 20 years and yet, I continue to be surprised when old strategies that work well take on a new name that can be confusing. Let’s see, how long have I been doing narrowcasting? Probably my entire career because…

Have you ever been a victim of racial profiling? If not, you are very fortunate. Racial profiling has existed and occurred every day of my life without failure. Racial profiling is a deeply entrenched issue that has plagued societies for decades, particularly affecting the lives of Black and Latino individuals…

Are you ever surprised by what life can throw at you, often without warning? As a young boy, just hearing the word surprise would make me jump up and down because something good would always follow. Surprises that I loved included presents, birthday cakes, a new pair of running shoes…

Throughout my entire life, I have experienced companies that talked about affirmative action and equality in the workforce. Working for many corporations, private and not-for-profit companies taught me that they have more similarities than differences. Over the past few years of working with various organisations, I experienced the truth of…

Over the past 10 years I have been watching episodes of discrimination happening around the world, but especially in America. Yet, I am still shocked at how horrible things are globally, but not surprised at all. When I look at elected leaders, it’s apparent that greed, power, and control is…