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Copyright of the U.S. National Archives via Flickr

Copyright of the U.S. National Archives via Flickr

As an OD consultant, I’ve found that firms many times have their heads in the sand. Even after receiving third party feedback, they sometimes engage in denial, blame, and share a disinclination to act. Blaming employees for being “problems” (and subsequently refusing to acknowledge contrary evidence) is insanity – the definition of which is doing the same thing and expecting different results. Turn the page…

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Compliments of Jill via Flickr

Compliments of Jill via Flickr

In On Writing, King suggests that “reporting from behind enemy lines” (as Grisham did in The Firm) is a way to inject credence within fiction. The characters in The Firm are mobsters who lure a young lawyer with promises of over the top compensation. Turn the page…

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