Never the Wrong Time to do the Right Thing

January 15, 2018/By Craig Rapp

If you live long enough, or are entrusted with leadership, you'll eventually confront statements and actions so egregious you cannot ignore them. By taking a public stand against them – and rejecting concerns of...

Words Matter

Citizenship, Leadership

March 22, 2017/By Craig Rapp

We influence, lead and relate to others through our choice of words. We can build up, or tear down someone with a few words. We establish and maintain organizational culture by the words we...

Civics Lost — No Apparent Priority in Education

Citizenship

January 31, 2017/By Craig Rapp

My friend, Steve Harding, shines a light on the unfortunate decline in required civics education. In my view, without a broader understanding of our system of governance, particularly its roots, we can easily devolve...

Walk a Mile in My Shoes?

Citizenship, Self Improvement

January 29, 2017/By Craig Rapp

I just watched the movie “Hidden Figures.” It was about a group of talented African-American women working for NASA in the early 1960s who played key roles in America’s race to the moon —...

The Death of Expertise

Citizenship

December 31, 2016/By Laura Posterick

Twenty years ago, a mentor used the phrase "truth by assertion.” A memorable (and at the time, accurate) observation. Little did I realize how prescient it would be. While I'm not naive enough to think...