The Growing Importance of “Soft Skills” in the Workplace
By Ray Williams March 14, 2020 If the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is the importance of knowing what matters most in our lives, personally and professionally. For many business leaders, it is not so much about what we can achieve, but rather how...
How Growing Incivility Threatens American Democracy
By Ray Williams August 1, 2020 Incivility is on the rise in America. Why? Because of the recent recession and growing economic inequality? Because the undercurrent of racism and anti-immigrant beliefs are now more in the open? Because of the increased polarization...
Why Perfectionism is So Damaging and What to do About It
Why Perfectionism is So Damaging and What to Do About It By Ray Williams As a culture, we tend to reward perfectionists for their insistence on setting high standards and relentless drive to meet those standards. And perfectionists frequently arehigh achievers...
Have We Lost the Need For Physical Touch?
Has our hi-tech, media-socialized world lost something critical to our species—non-sexual human physical touch? Hasn’t human physical contact set us apart from other animals, and has helped us develop complex language, culture, thinking and emotional expression?