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Release of Stanford Prison Experiment: The Musical

This past week (August 15-20) marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark Stanford Prison Experiment. In recognition of that anniversary, I have released my musical retelling and interpretation of its events, on which I had been working as a private project for several years.

Stanford Prison Experiment: The Musical is the core of a libretto for a mini-musical, with new lyrics that I wrote to music from popular songs that would have been broadcast over radio during the actual events of the Stanford Prison Experiment. [more]

When is a good time?

“Perhaps I *should* confirm that what I’m doing is the best thing to do and that I’m doing it in the best possible way.
However, *first* I need to finish what I’m doing…”

If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging…
“First Law of Holes”

The questionable wisdom of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” becomes even more suspect when we realize how easily the brokenness, inefficiency, or insufficiency of something can be overlooked or ignored. [more]

The endless cycle of fire-fighting

How many organizations (or individuals) spend a disproportionate amount of time in “putting out fires” of one sort or another? They always seem to be fighting off some looming disaster from a dauntingly difficult task with insufficient resources (time, money, information) and with dire consequences for failure. A frequent byproduct of continuous fire-fighting is the “tyranny of the urgent”: a near-panic-driven focus on addressing the near term — often with counterproductive consequences in the long term. [more]

Welcome, and thanks for passing through

Each of us is on our own individual journey through life. At every stop along the way, we have the opportunity to learn something new — and, if we’re fortunate, to leave people, places, and/or things a little better for our having been there. [more]