Is the onslaught of online information eroding our brain’s ability to think deeply and creatively? In 2008, Nicholas Carr, asked the provocative question, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Two years later, he delved more deeply into this topic in his Pulitzer Prize-nominated book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. Writing at…
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What happens in our minds when we dehumanize others, and how can we resist it? These are the kinds of questions David Livingstone Smith, author of the book, On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It, has found himself asking throughout his career. Most of us are familiar with events of mass violence in recent…
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What can a simple street address reveal about a person’s identity, race, wealth and power? For many of us, an address is something we don’t spend a lot of time thinking about. It may be a string of numbers and letters we type into a GPS. A place we call home. Or just a placeholder…
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How can we recognize the blind spots that cause us to build less inclusive teams? When we commit to achieving greater diversity in the workplace, we’re taking an important step. But we need to see this step as just the beginning in an ongoing journey. Stefanie Johnson, author of the book, Inclusify: The Power of…
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How can we get our staunchest opponents to come around to our way of thinking? When we’re trying to convince other people, we often start by sharing our ideas. If they resist our efforts, we usually just push harder. Sometimes it works, but, most of the time, our efforts fail. That’s what got Jonah Berger,…
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