Tag: Empowered

An empowered team owns a well-defined slice of product, whatever that may be in the context of their wider organization, and is ultimately responsible for its success or failure. They have the final say over what they create and how they create it. Chaos! Mass Bedlam! How could this pos...

Let me tell you something: disaster planning is important, no doubt about that. But what many people overlook is that not everyone has the same needs in a disaster situation. For example, people with disabilities often have unique needs that may not be addressed in a typical disaster plan. That&rsqu...

In this talk, you’ll hear me say that inclusive leadership isn’t just about recognizing and acknowledging diversity. It’s also about celebrating and embracing its very concept! Now, some people would have you believe that dealing with disability is all about meeting some legal requ...

Trump turned around the accusation of fakeness at the media and (as it became increasingly apparent) at anyone who criticizes him. No facts sway him; you can’t point to facts to prove that the report is real or that the criticism has weight. He even prejudges elections—before they’...

Being a good girl let me down. In my pursuit to be the good girl as defined by my family and the society I grew up in, I had accumulated a college degree and two master’s level degrees, but I did not know how to be safe in this world. I didn’t know how to avoid danger and dangerous ...