Elsevier has a staff member whose official title is Disruptive Technologies Director. Wow. I’m not sure if I should be impressed or feel sorry for them. I’d really like to read the job description for someone with that title.
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Filed under Culture,Organizations,Race,Social Justice,Teaching
Props
So twice in one week I’m giving a shoutout to Joe. I’ve been having this discussion in a few forums recently and it was good to see it reiterated in his video from a recent presentation. If you have a moment (or three minutes), go check out his video and give his blog a read. [...]
No Comments Khalil on Feb 24th 2010
Filed under Culture,Race,Social Justice,Work
Ethnocentrism. Is it ok?
In a recent assignment for a class I facilitate, one of the students posed the question (which I’m paraphrasing) of whether it was ok for people from subordinate or target racial groups to be ethnocentric. The question came after reading an article by Milton Bennett describing the DMIS (note: ours was different, but this is [...]
No Comments Khalil on Jan 31st 2010
Filed under Business,Culture,Fam,Organizations,Work
The 4 Day Work Week
In some places, the four day work week works. It does good things and has good results. For the company, primarily, and perhaps there are some environmental benefits. While it initially sounded good, after giving critical thought to an opportunity I had to take on such a schedule, it really didn’t make much sense. When [...]
No Comments Khalil on Aug 9th 2009
Filed under Culture,Humor,Life,Wack
Just Dumb.
In Florida, a kid was charged with 18 counts of animal cruelty and 18 charges of improperly disposing of cat bodies. Yes, I occasionally make cat jokes. You know… what’s the best thing about a cat? Fur, er, four drumsticks. Cat… the other white meat. But as someone who had their cat killed by a [...]
No Comments Khalil on Jun 14th 2009
So one of the various social networking sites I belong to is Change.org. On a weekly basis, they send out briefings of some of their writers blog posts. This week, there were two brief and interesting pieces on prostitution (from which I appropriated the picture below). The picture was published in 2007 and shows a [...]
No Comments Khalil on Mar 22nd 2009
Filed under Culture,Fear,LGBTQ,Organizations,Politics,Social Justice,Wack
Discrimination Hurts…
I don’t always agree with Mr. Pitts, but even in the few times I don’t agree, I dig his writing. Here, however, I think he’s on point. LEONARD PITTS JR. Discrimination hurts — more so in hospitals By LEONARD PITTS JR. lpitts@miamiherald.com Your wife is dying. One moment everything was fine. You were in your [...]
No Comments Khalil on Feb 21st 2009
Filed under Academia,Culture,Fear,Organizations,Silence,Social Justice,Voice,Work
Despite the appearence…
I’ve been writing every single day for at least 15 minutes. Much of it, however, doesn’t work or fit here. It is a bit personal, or it is a bit heady and research-centered. For some reason, I lean towards not getting overly-personal in this specific space anymore. Most of the time, I think it is [...]
No Comments Khalil on Feb 4th 2009
Filed under Culture,Fear,Silence,Social Justice
If I didn’t know any better…
I would have forgotten that I was supposed to think this guy was crazy. Not that I ever really agreed, but they (meaning the previous presidential administration and their supporters) really wanted me, and you, to think he was. Or to think he is. I recommend giving it a read if you have the time.
No Comments Khalil on Jan 31st 2009
So I found this after poking around a little and got a kick out of it. True. Anyhow, enjoy! Good luck picking a candidate if you’ve not already voted. In the end, I voted for Obama. Shamefully, not because I think he’s the best candidate for America, but because when your choices are between a [...]
No Comments Khalil on Nov 11th 2008