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I Rang My Great Grandparents' Cow Bell
February 2, 2012 —This morning, the morning of January 8, 2012, at 10:11, Tucsonans were encouraged to ring bells in remembrance of the January 8, 2011 "Your Congress at the Corner" shooting which killed six, injured several, included Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and tore the threads of the Tucson's social fabric.
This Year, Give the Gift of Authenticity
December 16, 2010 — The word “authenticity” has come my way twice in recent days, so I thought I’d better pay attention. The first time was in the midst of a dialogue last week, when one of the participants thanked another for their authenticity after a successfully navigated, challenging exchange.
Keeping it in the Family—Dec. 1, 2009
Why can't family businesses disputes be addressed via traditional modes of conflict resolution? A colleague of the Public Conversations Project, Ashok Pannikar, answers this question in an interesting article in the Indian online journal Newzfirst. Ashok, the founder and executive director of Meta-Culture Consulting in Bangalore, notes that the conflicts that attend generational succession in family businesses frequently arise from impaired relationships.
