Author: clearthinking

By Phillip G. Clampitt, Ph.D.  & M. Lee Williams, Ph.D. Note: A version of this article appeared in Inside Higher Education (April 10, 2019) Propagandists adeptly exploit the media tools …

Cataclysmic world-wide events, like COVID-19, often prompt people to reflect in life-changing ways. Long-forgotten assumptions surface. New perspectives emerge about well-established habits. Forced behavioral changes may foster novel and healthier …

Democrats want your vote. Republicans do, too. And, don’t forget the Russians. Most Americans freely accept the attempts of the first two to influence us. We shouldn’t succumb to the …

During times of uncertainty, leaders can communicate about anything but they cannot communicate about everything. Therefore, they need to make wise choices. Over the last 30 years we’ve led organizations …

Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. – Dorothy If Dorothy never heard about the yellow brick road, would she ever have been whisked back to Kansas? …

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