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Category Archives: Organizational Dynamics
Using Digital Technology for Diplomacy
Over the past two years, the State Department has been working to upgrade its digital platforms. This work is being accomplished under the tutelage of Alec Ross, senior advisor for innovation to the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Ross’s efforts … Continue reading
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Mormon Apologetics . . . Why?
The downside of Joanna Brooks’ Washington Post apologetic article titled “Five persistent myths about Mormonism” is demonstrated in the SLTrib (26 Aug 2011). In an article title “Myths about Mormonism,” Eric Johnson keeps the debate alive. Brooks by bringing up … Continue reading
Posted in mormonism, Organizational Dynamics, Religion
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FAIR to the Rescue?
According to an article by Peggy Fletcher Stack in the SLTrib (4 Aug 2011): On Thursday, the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research (FAIR) announced that it was launching the Mormon Defense League (MDL) to help journalists “get it right,” … Continue reading
Posted in mormonism, Organizational Dynamics, Religion
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Why I Won’t Be Voting for Mitt Romney
Yesterday, August 11th, I received a form letter from “Mitt Romney for President, Inc.” The letter invoked the memory of Mitt’s father, George: My father never graduated from college [he was born in the Mormon colonies in Mexico]. He apprenticed as a lath … Continue reading
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Are Institutional Churches Becoming Obsolete?
I recently wrote another blog piece for the Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies (http://ieet.org) on the future viability of institutional churches. It can be read and commented on at http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hansen20110726. If you are so inclined, you can also comment on … Continue reading
Process versus Progress
Yesterday I had a brief discuss with an attorney that works for the bureau I’m employed by. I expressed by concern over laws, regulations, principles, standards, instructions, etc. being too restrictive. By the time they are written, reviewed, commented on, revised, … Continue reading
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Alternative Directions in Motivation
Our office has a quarterly leadership meeting. At our most recent one, they showed a TED-sponsored video by Dan Pink, a former Al Gore speechwriter and currently a career analyst. He was making the point that in today’s rapidly evolving environment that … Continue reading
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Group Think Enhancement
In this increasing complex world, group collaborations have become almost a necessity for many activies. In a paper published in Science (2010), Anita Williams Woolley and her pals report two discoveries: There is something called “collective intelligence,” or group IQ (They … Continue reading
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In Defense of Mormon Stewardship
Kate Holbrook in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (Winter 2010) gives examples of recent Mormon Church stewardship: Church leaders today do preach controls against capitalism in a number of ways; they still preach against inequality; they still harbor a … Continue reading
One of Stephen Taggart’s Lasting Legacies
Growing up in East Lansing, Michigan, Stephen Taggart was a couple of years older than I. He was tall, goodlooking, and very bright. He served a Mormon mission to England. On his return to the United States, he attended the … Continue reading
