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Stemming the Tide of Scapegoating

January 25, 2012

In the Systems & Power Leadership Community I facilitate yearly, one of the dynamics we explore relates to anxiety in groups and emotional systems and one of the things that we explore is scapegoating.   Last weekend, we had an epic NFL championship Sunday in which two games came down to the wire and ended amidst [...]

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Satire on Abuse of Authority

August 4, 2010

Just for the record, I don’t typically post cartoons just because I think they’re funny.  Although I would feel the freedom to do that too.I include things that relate to some of the themes of this blog and Dilbert frequently illustrates many of my favorite themes – leadership ethics, systems dynamics, and other things.  The [...]

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Prophets or Posers? Fallacy #1

July 3, 2009
This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series Prophets or Posers

I’m a little slow getting going on this, but I’m going to present a series of logical fallacies that present themselves in the mind of someone who is seeking to justify their position as the source of true divine light and revelation in community. Of course, some of this applies in any basic human relationship [...]

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Scapegoating – 1862 Style

December 31, 2008

I came across this powerful quote from the New York Times in 1862 in my continued reading of Goodwin’s Team of Rivals. This was written during a very low season for the Union in the Civil War and people were looking to have someone’s head to blame – most were targeting then Secretary of War [...]

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