Author Archives: Richard Guzman
The Arts of the Essay
This is the lead post in a series on The Arts of the Essay, a list of series items appearing below, beginning with thoughts on Bonnie Rough’s essay “Notes on the Space We Take Up.” “Oh, yes, THAT essay,” said … Continue reading
Embracing and Fearing the Void: The Root of Racism
James Baldwin once called America a nation “dedicated to the death of the paradox,” a people particularly fond of the straight-forward answer: the Yes-No, the Black-White, the Just-The-Facts, Ma’am, reply. Which could make reading Baldwin particularly difficult. As Raoul Peck, … Continue reading
The Paradox of “Leadership Lists”
So many books on leadership and management feature lists. There’s Edwards Deming’s “14 Management Principles,” Steven Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” Robert Quinn’s “8 Seed Thoughts.” Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals contains 11 rules on “the ethics of means … Continue reading