Is safety a distraction?

Is safety a distraction?

Edwin Friedman wrote that first and foremost of the displacement issues into which American citizens pour their anxieties are those having to do with safety. Hmm. Can you think of any lately? Edwin H. Friedman, A Failure of Nerve Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix...
Don’t shift personal responsibility

Don’t shift personal responsibility

Words from almost 25 years ago that apply today: people “inject” their anxieties into national issues. These issues “serve as a distraction from having to deal with personal responsibility elsewhere.” Edwin H. Friedman, A Failure of Nerve...
What is the problem?

What is the problem?

Asked a young lady in her twenties who immigrated here from Africa what the best workplace subject to address for young people like her around the world. She answered: how to deal with conflict. Photo by Jean Wimmerlin on...