Tag: Employment

  • I Work For Your Organization. And You Can’t Stop Me.

    I Work For Your Organization. And You Can’t Stop Me.

    In Mandarin there is a phrase that goes, 水涨船高 (shuǐzhǎngchuángāo)–literally water rise boat high–which basically comes down to the often expressed wisdom that we hear in American economics, “a rising tide lifts all boats”. A lot of people attribute the saying to John F. Kennedy. But it turns out he got it from his speechwriter,…

  • Employment, Engagement, and Empowerment: The Way of Enough

    Employment, Engagement, and Empowerment: The Way of Enough

    When I entered seminary back in 2009, it was because, after working on a very disappointing Diversity Recruiting project with a certain company, I became convinced that a seminary degree would be just what I needed to “evangelize” the good news of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in organizations. After all, at their best, I…