There are several things that you can do to avoid the bias blind spot, and become more aware of how cognitive biases influence your thinking. First, learn about the bias blind spot. Specifically, understand what it is, why it occurs, and how and when it can influence people. Second, accept that you’re susceptible to the […]

Hello book lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to you author, journalist, and teacher, Bebe Moore Campbell. She graduated from University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and was an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She was also a member of the […]

Letty Carahan has found her sister, Tanya,  dead and is now on the run.  Making things more interesting is that she has “abducted” her neice, Maya, as well.  Did she actually find her dead or is SHE the murderer as Tanya’s ex is claiming?  As the story unfolds, we are left to decide who the […]

A.I is going to be a part of our marketing future. Are you ready for the rise of the machine?

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Successful Negotiation Embodies the New Leadership Model The leadership I always hoped to see in corporate is still far from perfection, but many are devoting their careers to seeing improvement in their lifetime. How is it possible for negotiation to embody the new and […]

Photo by Via Pexels Running a restaurant is no easy feat. Not only do restaurateurs need to ensure that the experience they are providing is impeccable, but they must also make sure that their business runs with efficient cost management in order to stay profitable. Avoidable mistakes made in a restaurant can be costly and […]

Preventing Falls Among community-dwelling adults aged 65 or older, 30—40% fall at least once per year. Many of these falls have accompanying injury and many of these falls and injuries are preventable. A sound approach to fall prevention focusses on risk factors which increase the chance of falling and intervention strategies to reduce or mitigate […]

  WE ARE EACH HEROES AND HEROINES OF OUR OWN STORY We are always telling stories to one another. It’s part of who we are, how we share information, how we communicate. Did you listen to the news today? Someone told you a story. Did you repeat it to someone else? You told a story to […]

Dementia Differences  I receive a lot of questions about dementia. Often people use the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease as though it describes all types of dementias but this is not the case. Alzheimer’s disease is only one of many conditions which are all variations of dementing illnesses. In this column I’ll describe some of the […]

These ethnic crime rings, as I call them, work like this—many of their elders are foreign born and the oldest may struggle with English no matter how long they’ve lived in the U.S.. These elders are always more comfortable with “their own”. The elders trust those who speak their first language. They trust those who […]