“Free speech” gets invoked everywhere – from campus quads to corporate Slack channels. In U.S. law, though, it has a precise meaning: the First Amendment restrains government actors from abridging expression. That protection is foundational and robust. It is also
Workplace Weather: Spotting Culture Shifts
You can feel a culture change at work before you can chart it. The air gets heavy. The jokes at the all-hands meeting don’t quite land, decisions stretch like taffy at the State Fair, and the most polite people in
The Kindly Skeptic: HR’s Most Underrated Leadership Trait
I love enthusiasm. I also love a well-timed pause – the kind that comes from someone with a furrowed brow asking a question like, “Hang on…what are we actually doing here?” That’s the Kindly Skeptic at work: the colleague who
HR and the Theatre of Work
HR needs more camp. Not camp as in “offsite team building” with trust falls and s’mores (though I support snacks as strategy). I mean camp – as in theatrical, ironic, glitter-drenched camp. The kind of camp Oscar Wilde showcased, Susan
