The sad thing about a wacko pastor in a tiny church in Florida burning Korans is that his views are shared by many other so called Christians. I find it hard to believe that anyone that really bought-in to the fundamental message of Christianity could carry so much hatred inside them (love your neighbor, turn...Read More
Leadership is not something one is born with. Leadership is a skill set that more than anything is learned. Some very few of us may have been born with a natural talent that makes it easier for us to develop as leaders. Just like some very few are born with good musical talent. These few...Read More
Getting to the Heart of Change Early in life I spent four years at college studying theology and religion because I thought I wanted to enter the ministry. I changed my mind and didn’t attend seminary and have never worked in the ministry. When I moved to Sweden I did an MBA at the Stockholm...Read More
Today I held a workshop with a group from Microsoft Sweden on the topic Cross Group Collaboration. It was a very good group of people and I was impressed with their involvement and inight into issues of cross group collaboration as well as diversity. In preparation for this workshop I created Ten Commandments for Cross...Read More
Someone asked me an interesting question. ”How do our cognitive abilities get any structure without adhering to some sort of ideology?” My answer: Structure and substance are too different things. A book can give you a structure, we read from left to right, from top to bottom etc. What I am concerned with is what...Read More
Ideologies scare me. Good people can kill or be killed for ideologies. Ideologies put power in the hands of the few to steer the minds of the many. Life can be complicated and confusing at times and ideologies make things easier. Too easy! It is better to struggle with life’s choices and fail occasionally than...Read More
When the democrats try to create a healthcare system that provides quality even for the poor it is deemed (at best) as a liberal experiment by republicans. I guess an example of a conservative experiment would be when our previous president took us to war to prevent the use of nuclear weapons by a nation...Read More
Airports are interesting, so full of expectations and potential. Everyone here is on their way. I don’t know where but somewhere. By the looks of it some of them don’t want to go where ever they are going and others can’t wait to get there. There may be no other place where we are so...Read More
